The Management Assistant built a certification expiry alerter

“We'll add tests later.”— Head of Operations

Reason:

Honestly? Because management has a PowerPoint with a third number. With a logo generated at 17:31.

Built by:

Olivier, an intern

Build time:

9 evenings

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

Firestore because the prototype needed to ship by Friday

Authentication:

the certificate expired 317 days ago

Deployment:

running in a Kubernetes cluster created for a proof of concept

Responsible:

whoever happens to be on call

Documentation:

a folder called Documentation containing another folder called Old

Security situation:

authorization happens entirely in the frontend

Future disaster:

It will send an invoice of €8,600 to the wrong country.

Age: 241 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 210 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 32% chance of becoming business critical, alive 17x longer than intended, 14 users.