Document Management built a lost parcel tracker

“We'll add monitoring later.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Because the printer is somehow involved. With 1239 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Olivier, an intern

Build time:

7 evenings

Built with:

Claude, and no one quite sure what it changed

Database:

180,109 XML files

Authentication:

the second factor is knowing which door the server room is behind

Deployment:

running with 88% disk usage

Responsible:

Sofia, who only knows the frontend

Documentation:

a README last updated 88 days ago

Security situation:

the security review consisted of opening DevTools

Future disaster:

It will get SSO after somebody shares the password publicly.

Age: 9.1 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 5 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 92% chance of becoming business critical, alive 237x longer than intended, 28 users.