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DOGE plans to rewrite Social Security codebase in months. Who cares if they fail?

Rob Beschizza
Mar 29, 2025
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There's an old saying that goes something like this: if you don't know why the fence is there, don't take down the fence, no matter how decrepit the fence. Don't replace it, don't fix it, don't paint it, just wait and see what it fences. (Update: Chesterton's Fence) Coders love this saying because one of the most common failu…

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