HR built a vendor onboarding portal

“Claude wrote most of it.”— Miriam, HR

Reason:

Allegedly because IT said no, politely, in writing, on a Friday. With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Miriam, a product owner

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

a folder called DO_NOT_DELETE_OLD

Authentication:

backups are encrypted with the same password as production

Deployment:

hosted on a free trial using Tobias's credit card

Responsible:

the person sitting closest to the printer

Documentation:

a README last updated 623 days ago

Security situation:

the security review consisted of opening DevTools

Future disaster:

It will get its own budget line before it gets an owner.

Age: 4.1 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 6 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated mythic mostly because: 100% chance of becoming business critical, 270 users, 3 accidental connections.