DOGE’s terrible and risky plan to replace Social Security’s COBOL programs

So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!and they want to do it …… in *a few months* I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi…) …… so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here1/9

— Clive Thompson (@clivethompson.bsky.social) 2025-03-30T18:41:36.369Z