The first half sounds so true to me. Like it was an intern that really wanted a replica set, but instead of using the same platform the company was using, hacked together something running on Linux. Ofc they didn’t tell anyone how it worked, and everyone else knew windows server so no one poked it.

It used to be running on a spare pentium 4, but was virtualized as no one knew why things stopped working when it was turned off

The printed sheets on the wall looks a bit too good as well.

For me it’s this and also unlimited nudge, no need to reposition it as you want it just one step over the nudging limit.

Saving it for what? If they are not using it anyway it’s not going to get used later either.