Marketing built a performance review form

“The AI understands the code.”— IT Service Desk

Reason:

Allegedly because the source of truth depends on which department you ask. With a logo generated at 23:35.

Built by:

Petra, someone from Procurement

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Google Apps Script

Database:

a backup called backup-final-February.zip

Authentication:

MFA is enabled for 3 people

Deployment:

running in Kubernetes with one pod and no reason

Responsible:

Bastian, because everyone else refused

Documentation:

a screenshot of a photographed whiteboard

Security situation:

the vulnerability scanner is blocked by the firewall

Future disaster:

It will be used for payroll by accident.

Age: 7.2 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 3 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 82% chance of becoming business critical, alive 189x longer than intended, 3 departments depend on it.