An intern built a KPI wall for a screen nobody looks at

“It's just CRUD.”— Ravi, An intern

Reason:

Because nobody could find the right SharePoint folder in 8 minutes of looking. With 2 users, one of whom is the CEO.

Built by:

Ravi, a recruiter

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

a Rails app from 2016 nobody updated

Database:

a MySQL database called app_db-old on a machine under a desk

Authentication:

"auth is on the roadmap" — has been for 209 days

Deployment:

hosted on Katrin's personal Vercel account

Responsible:

an intern whose contract ended in May

Documentation:

a diagram on a whiteboard, photographed, then deleted

Security situation:

it is indexed by Google. All of it.

Future disaster:

It will silently stop syncing and nobody will notice for 5 months.

Age: 1.4 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 420 days ago · original builder left 347 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €797k per year, 264 users, alive 74x longer than intended.