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Bluesky Social is a microblogging social platform being developed in conjunction with the decentralized AT Protocol. Previously invite-only, the flagship Beta app went public in February 2024. All are welcome!

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A COBOL programmer explains that this migration is impossible without catastrophe unless they want to destroy social security. (europe.pub)

submitted 7 months ago by Loduz_247@lemmy.world to c/peoplebluesky@lemmy.world

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[–] zyberteq@lemm.ee 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

But that's why he has kids running the place. They think they can do it in a few months. Never going to happen. But they have confidence and that's what matters, not skill or common sense.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even as a software dev with decades of experience I still chronically underestimate projects by like half, and even I agree the idea of replacing the social security data processing system in under a year is ridiculous.

[–] Feyr@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I solved that estimation problem years ago.

Now I double all my estimates and then add 20pct for slack

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

LOL I've heard a rule of thumb to double it, also to quadruple it, and one guy said multiply it by five.

[–] debil@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I usually take a realistic estimate and multiply it by π.