R&D built an internal job board with two jobs

“There are only like twelve users.”— Managing Director

Reason:

Mainly because Anja from R&D is on holiday until June. Started as Stock_list_old.xlsx with a script attached.

Built by:

Sofia, an intern

Build time:

8 evenings

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

a second Postgres called new, for safety

Authentication:

no login. It is on the intranet, so it is fine.

Deployment:

deployed straight to production on a Sunday, no staging

Responsible:

an external agency with no contract on file

Documentation:

a Loom video nobody can find

Security situation:

it emails a CSV of everything at 16:33, nightly

Future disaster:

It will hold the only copy of Suppliers_v2_final_FINAL.xlsx.

Age: 2.8 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 420 days ago · original builder left 210 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 2 accidental connections, direct production access, nobody owns it.