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Paul Cantrell

Holy shit.

Just wow, wow, holy shit:

Completely rewriting a multi-million line COBOL codebase that has life-or-death consequences for real people in the space of a few months, using gen AI?

I’ve been writing software for 40-some years, and I have to say: this may be, without exaggeration, the stupidest software-related idea I’ve ever heard from leadership.

wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s

WIRED · DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseBy Makena Kelly
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buherator
@inthehands "Safely rewriting that code would take years" is a massive understatement from Wired too.
Paul Cantrell

@buherator
To be fair, they didn’t specify the number of years. Or the number of digits in the number of years.

Mar 28, 2025, 11:19 PM·Public·Mona for Mac
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