Facilities built a demo environment that became production

“We have a backup somewhere.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Honestly? Because nobody could find the right SharePoint folder in 12 minutes of looking. With 2 users, one of whom is the CEO.

Built by:

Nadia, a key account manager

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

Firebase with the admin SDK key committed to Git

Authentication:

the MFA code is always 000000 in the test environment

Deployment:

deployed by copying files over RDP

Responsible:

a Teams channel with 9 active members

Documentation:

a file called how-it-works-v2-final-final.docx

Security situation:

it is indexed by Google. All of it.

Future disaster:

It will cause Legal to ask "who approved this?".

Age: 214 days · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 214 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 31x longer than intended, 2 departments depend on it, €20k per year.