An intern built a customer feedback wall

“We'll add authentication later.”— Priya, An intern

Reason:

Officially because Sales has a newer spreadsheet. Renamed twice to avoid attention.

Built by:

Priya, a key account manager

Build time:

8 minutes

Built with:

Airtable plus four Zapier zaps

Database:

Firebase with open read rules since June

Authentication:

a URL 46 characters long, which counts as security

Deployment:

running on a development server labelled DO NOT RESTART

Responsible:

nobody officially, Chen emotionally

Documentation:

an onboarding call everyone is expected to remember

Security situation:

production secrets are in a Slack message

Future disaster:

It will be used for payroll by accident.

Age: 4.1 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 2 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago · original builder left 250 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €495k per year, 5 departments depend on it, 2 accidental connections.