> have they assessed whether this tool needs backups? monitoring? resilience? patching? obviously in 5 years time the author would have left leaving NO documentation on a mission critical 'small' app - likely hosted with a shit ton of other mission critical crap

Or, hear me out, it's not actually "mission critical" and none of this stuff matters. They made their job easier in a small way, good for them.

> It's MS Access all over again

In that it's a convenient tool that a lot of people find useful?