A Contractor built a vibe-coded replacement for ServiceNow

“The customer already saw the demo.”— Daniel, A Contractor

Reason:

Because the export button creates Headcount_new_final_FINAL.xlsm, but nobody knows where. Copied to production via floppy disks.

Built by:

Daniel, an intern

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

SharePoint lists pretending to be an application

Database:

a column called misc

Authentication:

the role is a query parameter

Deployment:

hosted on a server shared with 9 unrelated applications

Responsible:

Sarah, who has never seen the source code

Documentation:

Olivier's memory

Security situation:

MFA exists for the admin account, which everybody shares

Future disaster:

It will be presented to management as evidence that shadow IT must stop.

Age: 6.0 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 4 accidental connections, alive 156x longer than intended, 30% chance of becoming business critical.