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App #1407 ยท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
Disaster score 333Common

An intern built an AI compliance checker nobody verified

๐ŸงŸ Builder has left๐Ÿ›๏ธ Older than the department
Users16
Departments0
Criticality9%
Money involvedโ‚ฌ47,184/yr
โ€œIt's only for a few people.โ€โ€” Kevin, An intern
Reason:
Officially because the workaround has onboarding documentation. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 411 days ago.
Built by:
Kevin, a warehouse supervisor
Build time:
an afternoon, mostly
Built with:
a REST API generated by something nobody can regenerate
Database:
a Kubernetes PersistentVolume nobody wants to delete
Authentication:
the API key is called PUBLIC_API_KEY
Deployment:
running from an image tagged latest
Responsible:
Chen, who inherited it during a reorganisation
Documentation:
a Confluence page copied from another project
Security situation:
the refresh token never expires
Future disaster:
It will still be running in 2033.

Accidentally connected to (3)

  • โ†’ calls an API scheduled for removal
  • โ†’ parses invoices from email attachments
  • โ†’ syncs one direction, except for the fields that sync back

Age: 7.4 years ยท originally expected to last 14 days ยท 2 owners so far ยท survived 3 reorganisations ยท last meaningful change 19 days ago ยท original builder left 770 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 3 accidental connections, alive 194x longer than intended, โ‚ฌ47k per year.

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