> That last application garnered plenty of attention during the pandemic when state UI systems running COBOL were unable to handle the unprecedented flood of ne

> That last application garnered plenty of attention during the pandemic when state UI systems running COBOL were unable to handle the unprecedented flood of new applicants COBOL was not the issue, it was all the "webizied" front end developed for people to use via a browser that had the issues. A couple of articles came out with details that, as usual, the mainstream press ignored.