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25. This will be a total disaster. I have been on the front row of attempts to replace large, complex COBOL systems before

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:29 PM

Mar 28

With the arrogant, overconfident goal of replacing, a few months, a huge old system that has been developed and tweaked over a 50 year timeframe. They won’t even bother to spend the time required to nail down the business rules that they will need to design, develop, test and implement such a system. I worked in IT for 40 years primarily designing and developing COBOL systems and leading production support teams. I have watched this scenario play out with disastrous results several times.

“Move fast and break things” is Elon’s motto. It will be his and the social security system’s undoing and the beneficiaries will suffer greatly. I live on social security. While these idiots are breaking things, I will lose my house and 3 dogs and live in my car while they discover the rest of that iceberg they haven’t bothered to investigate.

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse [View all] demmiblue Mar 28 OP

This is why the commerce secretary was telling us it was no big deal if his Wingus Dingus Mar 28 #1

Exactly Miguelito Loveless Mar 28 #10

This needs to be STOPPED! FakeNoose Mar 28 #2

Not going to happen Miguelito Loveless Mar 28 #11

Chaos in SS should be a real boon for the Dems for 2026. Sad for seniors and others relying on it. Bumper sticker... dutch777 Mar 28 #3

2026 is not going to save us. Miguelito Loveless Mar 28 #12

I think we all need to get benefit verification documents to keep on hand. 33taw Mar 28 #4

Here's the question: why? Why should a system that has worked almost flawlessly for decades be sinkingfeeling Mar 28 #5

Why? Miguelito Loveless Mar 28 #14

As you note, it's all about the backdoors Strelnikov_ Mar 28 #18

Agreed Bayard Mar 28 #19

bingo! pimpbot Mar 28 #21

Have you any experience with an IBM Z16? Just move it to a newer, more powerful, and faster mainframe. The sinkingfeeling Mar 28 #22

Java? FormerOstrich Mar 28 #6

Agile William Seger Mar 28 #9

Here... littlemissmartypants Mar 28 #13

Thank you so much! n/t FormerOstrich Mar 28 #23

My pleasure, FormerOstrich. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Mar 28 #24

Oracle sounds about right DBoon Mar 28 #20

Preposterous! William Seger Mar 28 #7

All true, but irrelevant Miguelito Loveless Mar 28 #15

Can't be any harder than autonomous driving, right? Miguelito Loveless Mar 28 #8

Honestly, I don't doubt the SSA system needs extensive upgrade. Doubt they can do it in a few months, but assuming they Silent Type Mar 28 #16

JFC!!! DBoon Mar 28 #17

This will be a total disaster. I have been on the front row of attempts to replace large, complex COBOL systems before camartinwv Mar 28 #25

IOW, delete the files no_hypocrisy Mar 28 #26

I kind of fucking doubt the fucking South African knows Aviation Pro Mar 28 #27