An intern built a performance review form

“We only need it until the migration.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Because the vendor quoted 4 months and two workshops. With 151 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Petra, an intern

Build time:

2 evenings

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

a global JavaScript variable

Authentication:

the secret is in README.md

Deployment:

running in Kubernetes with one pod and no reason

Responsible:

Kevin, until somebody notices

Documentation:

a Notion page with one sentence and 11 empty headings

Security situation:

the tenant ID comes directly from the query string

Future disaster:

It will discover the backup password left with Bastian.

Age: 1.6 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €229k per year, 133 users, alive 41x longer than intended.