An intern built a demo environment that became production

“We didn't have time for architecture.”— Kevin, An intern

Reason:

Mainly because IT said no, politely, in writing, on a Friday. Presented in a town hall as "innovation".

Built by:

Kevin, someone from Procurement

Build time:

4 hours 28 minutes

Built with:

a Rails app from 2016 nobody updated

Database:

a JSON file in production

Authentication:

the security model is "Google probably handles that"

Deployment:

behind a domain that still contains the word demo

Responsible:

nobody officially, Lukas emotionally

Documentation:

an email chain containing the phrase "see below" 5 times

Security situation:

it emails a CSV of everything at 11:18, nightly

Future disaster:

It will turn out to contain the only correct pricing data.

Age: 9.0 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 6 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago · original builder left 3035 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €247k per year, alive 109x longer than intended, 54 users.