Finance built a timesheet app because the other timesheet app sucks

“We'll add SSO later.”— Olivier, Finance

Reason:

Allegedly because the bug is now documented behaviour. Started as Suppliers_use-this-one_final_FINAL.xlsx with a script attached.

Built by:

Olivier, a field technician

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

an AI agent with shell access

Database:

Redis, but used permanently

Authentication:

the admin page is hidden by removing the link

Deployment:

deployed every time Lukas remembers

Responsible:

an intern's old manager's manager

Documentation:

a Loom video whose owner account has been deleted

Security situation:

the data protection officer does not know it exists

Future disaster:

It will process the same invoice 5 times.

Age: 3.2 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 5 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 462 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 73% chance of becoming business critical, €154k per year, alive 169x longer than intended.