vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down15
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minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoExactly. IT folks know most large legacy businesses run on legacy code. The businesses do change the old code due to the risks. I believe Elon thinks his team can do it. I believe he is wrong.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIt took the DOT over 20 years to migrate their port of entry truck tracking system from COBOL to Oracle (god help them). That system is much simpler than social security.
Exactly. IT folks know most large legacy businesses run on legacy code. The businesses do change the old code due to the risks.
I believe Elon thinks his team can do it. I believe he is wrong.
It took the DOT over 20 years to migrate their port of entry truck tracking system from COBOL to Oracle (god help them). That system is much simpler than social security.