Operations built an invoice matcher

“We only need it for this quarter.”— Jens, Operations

Reason:

Honestly? Because the tiny change needs approval from 6 people. With 124 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Jens, a working student

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

a Kubernetes PersistentVolume nobody wants to delete

Authentication:

the password manager is memory

Deployment:

running in a Kubernetes cluster created for a proof of concept

Responsible:

Elena, because they clicked "create project" first

Documentation:

a Miro board that takes 2 minutes to load

Security situation:

the audit log was disabled because the disk filled up

Future disaster:

It will hold the only copy of Budget2026_final.xlsx.

Age: 302 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 104 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 202 users, €94k per year, 2 accidental connections.