An intern built a knowledge base with a search that does not search

“Google probably handles that.”— Sofia, An intern

Reason:

Officially because the tiny change needs approval from 2 people. With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Sofia, a recruiter

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

the filesystem.

Authentication:

everyone uses the admin account

Deployment:

running on a server last patched 317 days ago

Responsible:

Kevin, who inherited it during a reorganisation

Documentation:

a README last updated 141 days ago

Security situation:

the user's role is stored in localStorage

Future disaster:

It will break the day Sofia changes their password.

Age: 1.4 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 421 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €202k per year, 2 accidental connections, the builder has left.