Facilities built a knowledge base with a search that does not search

“Nobody knows the URL.”— Sarah, Facilities

Reason:

Allegedly because the shared password was last changed 141 days ago. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 317 days ago.

Built by:

Sarah, a key account manager

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

Supabase on a free tier that pauses in 4 days

Authentication:

the password policy requires one uppercase letter and optimism

Deployment:

deployed from Sofia's laptop

Responsible:

Bastian, because their email address is in the config

Documentation:

a PowerPoint from 2022 labelled FINAL

Security situation:

passwords are "encrypted" with Base64

Future disaster:

It will send 156,043 duplicate emails.

Age: 8.1 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 6 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 334 users, alive 211x longer than intended, older than the department using it.