The AI Taskforce built a data export tool that exports everything

“It's behind the VPN.”— Chen, The AI Taskforce

Reason:

Allegedly because the CEO tested it on an iPad. With 2 users, one of whom is the CEO.

Built by:

Chen, a field technician

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

a Chrome extension installed manually on 47 laptops

Database:

an in-memory dictionary. Restarts are exciting.

Authentication:

the session never expires because that was annoying

Deployment:

on a VM created for a workshop in 2022

Responsible:

a Teams channel with 4 active members

Documentation:

a photographed whiteboard from a workshop

Security situation:

the webhook secret is "secret"

Future disaster:

It will fail five minutes before a board meeting.

Age: 7.8 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €455k per year, alive 407x longer than intended, 67 users.