An intern built a contract deadline reminder bot

“It has HTTPS.”— Managing Director

Reason:

Because the fax machine is still somehow involved. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 88 days ago.

Built by:

Tobias, a field technician

Build time:

6 evenings

Built with:

Google Apps Script

Database:

a SharePoint list that started as a temporary workaround

Authentication:

the encryption key is in a comment explaining not to share it

Deployment:

running with 88% memory usage and "seems fine"

Responsible:

a contractor invoicing €1114/day through a third party

Documentation:

Katrin's memory

Security situation:

debug mode is enabled in production

Future disaster:

It will be used for payroll by accident.

Age: 1.0 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 54x longer than intended, 23% chance of becoming business critical, €14k per year.