IT (yes, really) built a certification expiry alerter

“AWS probably handles that.”— Daniel, IT (yes, really)

Reason:

Allegedly because someone said "just add AI". With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Daniel, a team lead

Build time:

12 minutes

Built with:

plain HTML and 1,900 lines of jQuery

Database:

a SharePoint list that started as a temporary workaround

Authentication:

the tenant ID is a query parameter

Deployment:

deployed behind a Cloudflare Tunnel from Katrin's laptop

Responsible:

Elena, who has never seen the source code

Documentation:

a Word document called copy of copy of Customers_use-this-one.xlsx

Security situation:

security is handled by a checkbox called admin

Future disaster:

It will hold the only copy of Stock_list.xlsx.

Age: 53 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 53 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €240k per year, 2 accidental connections, 7 users.