This reminds me of when I worked at a gardening company. Some asshat middle manager decided to outsource without consulting the dev team. He neglected the little detail that instead of having "a database", we had two databases - a MSSQL one that was attached to our accounting system, and a MySQL one that was attached to the site. So I basically had to rewrite it with people breathing down my neck so I quit because fuck doing that stuff for just above minimum wages.