Procurement built an app only Kevin knows exists

“It's read-only. Mostly.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Allegedly because the official form has 48 fields and not the one that matters. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Miriam, an analyst

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

Firebase with open read rules since November

Authentication:

no login. It is on the intranet, so it is fine.

Deployment:

SSL certificate expires in 6 days

Responsible:

Priya, currently on parental leave

Documentation:

a diagram on a whiteboard, photographed, then deleted

Security situation:

IT has not been informed and will not be

Future disaster:

It will make an audit take 4 extra weeks.

Age: 9.3 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 4 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 524 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: alive 486x longer than intended, 39% chance of becoming business critical, 55 users.