Three People From Finance built a vendor onboarding portal

“We didn't have time for architecture.”— Managing Director

Reason:

Mainly because the bug is now documented behaviour. Built in 9 evenings and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Olivier, a key account manager

Build time:

43 minutes

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

localStorage. That is the whole backend.

Authentication:

the password is the company name plus 2021

Deployment:

deployed on Monday immediately before a public holiday

Responsible:

whoever happens to be on call

Documentation:

a README that begins with "temporary notes"

Security situation:

CSRF protection was temporarily disabled

Future disaster:

It will receive an innovation award.

Age: 12 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 12 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 1 users, 1% chance of becoming business critical.