The Management Assistant built a deployment button

“We'll add tests later.”— Tobias, The Management Assistant

Reason:

Allegedly because the shared password was last changed 411 days ago. Already exported 45,134 rows to somebody's laptop.

Built by:

Tobias, a key account manager

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

a vector database containing invoices for reasons

Authentication:

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

Deployment:

running on Ubuntu 18.04 and nobody wants to upgrade it

Responsible:

a Teams channel with 8 active members

Documentation:

a README that begins with "temporary notes"

Security situation:

passwords are stored in a spreadsheet for emergencies

Future disaster:

It will become the source of truth in 11 months.

Age: 13 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 4 accidental connections, 17% chance of becoming business critical, 1 users.