The Previous Intern built a variance analysis dashboard

“We'll add backups later.”— Group Controller

Reason:

Allegedly because the budget expires on Friday. Built in one weekend and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Nadia, a team lead

Build time:

2 hours 6 minutes

Built with:

plain HTML and 1,900 lines of jQuery

Database:

an SQLite file called data.db

Authentication:

the security model is "it is behind Cloudflare"

Deployment:

running in Docker Compose on a machine named app_db-old

Responsible:

whoever answers the support email

Documentation:

a Teams recording nobody has permission to open

Security situation:

the audit log was disabled because the disk filled up

Future disaster:

It will be mentioned in an audit finding using the words "material weakness".

Age: 224 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago · original builder left 132 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 624 users, the builder has left, 10% chance of becoming business critical.