An intern built a commission calculator with a rounding bug

“The API isn't documented.”— Priya, An intern

Reason:

Mainly because IT said no, politely, in writing, on a Thursday. With 180 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Priya, a product owner

Build time:

5 hours 8 minutes

Built with:

a Rails app from 2016 nobody updated

Database:

a column called do_not_use that is required

Authentication:

the current password ends in 3

Deployment:

running behind nginx config copied from Stack Overflow

Responsible:

whoever answers the support email

Documentation:

a Loom video recorded at 1.5x speed

Security situation:

it stores passwords, hashed with nothing

Future disaster:

It will be discovered during due diligence.

Age: 51 days · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 51 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 652 users, 50% chance of becoming business critical, 2 accidental connections.