Marketing built a demo environment that became production

“It's just CRUD.”— Miriam, Marketing

Reason:

Allegedly because IT said no, politely, in writing, on a Friday. Started as copy of copy of Leads_final_FINAL.xlsm with a script attached.

Built by:

Miriam, a recruiter

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

Supabase on a free tier that pauses in 10 days

Authentication:

SSO, but only for Sarah

Deployment:

on a VM created for a workshop in 2022

Responsible:

Miriam, a recruiter. Only Miriam.

Documentation:

one README with 11 TODOs

Security situation:

IT has not been informed and will not be

Future disaster:

It will make an audit take 6 extra weeks.

Age: 1.7 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 7x longer than intended, 1 departments depend on it, 7 users.