The Previous Intern built a vibe-coded replacement for ServiceNow

“The admin page isn't linked anywhere.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Mainly because Stock_list_new_final_FINAL.xlsx is stored on Kevin's desktop. With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Daniel, a field technician

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

Express, because NestJS looked like too much work

Database:

MongoDB containing a collection called test2_final

Authentication:

the production server is reachable from the guest Wi-Fi

Deployment:

hosted in a cloud region nobody intended to use

Responsible:

an external agency with no contract on file

Documentation:

an architecture diagram containing a box labelled "magic happens here"

Security situation:

the security review consisted of Bastian saying "looks fine"

Future disaster:

It will be migrated into SAP and then quietly migrated back.

Age: 2.9 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 210 days ago · original builder left 157 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 50 users, alive 35x longer than intended, nobody owns it.