Marketing built a demo environment that became production

“It's read-only. Mostly.”— Olivier, Marketing

Reason:

Mainly because the process owner is Priya, who has never used the HR system. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 411 days ago.

Built by:

Olivier, a recruiter

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

a SOAP service returning XML from 4 years ago

Authentication:

CORS is set to * because the frontend was not working

Deployment:

using a self-signed certificate everybody has accepted

Responsible:

Lukas, because their email address is in the config

Documentation:

a Miro board with 192 sticky notes

Security situation:

IT has not been informed and will not be

Future disaster:

It will discover the backups have never been restored.

Age: 207 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 632 users, 77% chance of becoming business critical, 1 accidental connections.