HR built a knowledge base with a search that does not search

“Google probably handles that.”— Kevin, HR

Reason:

Allegedly because the automation sends an email asking someone to do it manually. With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Kevin, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

12 minutes

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

Cosmos DB because somebody had Azure credits

Authentication:

the app is secure because it has a padlock icon

Deployment:

deployed through a GitHub Action that only Nadia understands

Responsible:

Sofia, informally

Documentation:

a Confluence page owned by Olivier, who left

Security situation:

IT was informed. IT has chosen peace.

Future disaster:

It will be migrated into the official system in 2033.

Age: 5.5 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 210 days ago

Rated legendary mostly because: 6 accidental connections, alive 285x longer than intended, it is load bearing.