IT (yes, really) built a company-wide announcement tool

Reason:

Because it was faster to build it than to explain it. Presented in a town hall as 'innovation'.

Built by:

unclear

Build time:

unknown

Built with:

Next.js, because the tutorial used it

Database:

no database, it is a spreadsheet

Authentication:

IP allow-list containing 0.0.0.0/0

Deployment:

on a VM created for a workshop in 2022

Responsible:

Kevin. Only Kevin.

Documentation:

one README with a TODO

Security situation:

it is indexed by Google. All of it.

Future disaster:

It will outlive two reorganisations.

Rated common mostly because: 12% chance of becoming business critical, 2 users.