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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.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
@inthehands as an old in software development, I do not have enough fingers and toes to count how many fresh new hires say "we should start this over from scratch!"
they don't know any better because they lack the experience and judgement needed to differentiate between code that is _needlessly_ complex and code that is simply complex. part of my job is to help teach them that difference.
so yeah, basically just saying these DOGE assholes are n00bs. however, unlike shiny new employees, they have full commit access and aren't subjected to oversight.