Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 days ago

    This is insane and stupid and tells me there’s no one involved in the process that has ever managed a software project before, which makes it doubly insane and stupid.

    Of course a fresh out of college hotshot thinks they can complete a major coding project in 3 months. That’s why no one takes their estimates seriously, not announces them to the world.

    • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Don’t worry. The most important part of software development these days is not to make sure the code works and is free of errors, it is to attend the daily standups and the many other “agile” time waster meetings. If the software sends your money to another person instead like the software my company created, they can just fix it in some followup sprint 6 months later. Maybe.