Field Service built a quote builder with a discount field and no limit

“We'll add SSO later.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Allegedly because someone said "can't ChatGPT do this?". Forked from a tutorial at 16:35 and never cleaned up.

Built by:

Sofia, an intern

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

Google Apps Script

Database:

a MongoDB with no password on port 27017

Authentication:

TLS is optional because it is internal

Deployment:

deployed every time Sarah remembers

Responsible:

Katrin, currently on parental leave

Documentation:

a Teams recording nobody has permission to open

Security situation:

CORS is set to * because it fixed the issue

Future disaster:

It will be described as "legacy" before its first birthday.

Age: 25 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 25 days ago · original builder left 50 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 76% chance of becoming business critical, the builder has left, €14k per year.