Logistics built a company-wide announcement tool

“The workshop was tomorrow.”— IT Service Desk

Reason:

Mainly because the workaround has onboarding documentation. Built during an offsite instead of the thing they were asked to build.

Built by:

Bastian, a key account manager

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

a network drive mapped as Z: on three people's computers

Authentication:

Basic Auth over plain HTTP

Deployment:

deployed every time Kevin remembers

Responsible:

an intern's old manager's manager

Documentation:

a README describing a version that no longer exists

Security situation:

TLS is disabled because it is "inside the network"

Future disaster:

It will cause Legal to ask "who approved this?".

Age: 12 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 12 days ago · original builder left 46 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 87 users, 40% chance of becoming business critical, the builder has left.