Operations built an app only Kevin knows exists

“Nobody would want this data.”— Finance Business Partner

Reason:

Mainly because Sales has a newer spreadsheet. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Daniel, a key account manager

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

an old laptop in the server room

Authentication:

the certificate expired 88 days ago

Deployment:

behind a domain registered for €4 during a workshop

Responsible:

Petra, because their email address is in the config

Documentation:

a 118 minute screen recording

Security situation:

security is handled by a checkbox called admin

Future disaster:

It will break the day Daniel changes their password.

Age: 1.2 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 437 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 7x longer than intended, 1 users, 2% chance of becoming business critical.