The Mailroom built an SLA breach calculator

“Nobody knows the URL.”— Chen, The Mailroom

Reason:

Honestly? Because the approval requires 3 people for a €83,000 purchase. Presented in a town hall as "innovation".

Built by:

Chen, the management assistant

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Vue, for personal reasons

Database:

the filesystem.

Authentication:

the password is stored in a Teams channel called "Passwords"

Deployment:

accessible through an IP address because DNS is "later"

Responsible:

nobody. It has no owner.

Documentation:

a Slack thread from October

Security situation:

MFA was disabled after somebody lost their phone

Future disaster:

It will be migrated into the official system in 2032.

Age: 3.9 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 3 days ago · original builder left 1360 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €662k per year, 119 users, alive 67x longer than intended.