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What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of when I worked on satellite c&c and the operating system was from the 1970s. I asked why they kept using such an ancient system and my boss said reliability was far more important than performance or optimization. It had a proven track record and on-site support calls for satellites were very expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I remember seeing a doc about Wall of Death motorcycle riders. The bikes they used? Century-old 1910 Indians.

Why? Because when lives depend on it, you want a solution with the absolute fewest possible things that can go wrong. Not the latest fancy thing with all the bells and whistles.