The Team Nobody Remembers Creating built a debt collection dashboard

“The database isn't exposed. I think.”— Olivier, The Team Nobody Remembers Creating

Reason:

Officially because the workaround has onboarding documentation. Built during an offsite instead of the thing they were asked to build.

Built by:

Olivier, a controller

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

Excel macros, exposed over HTTP

Database:

a production table where the primary key is the customer's name

Authentication:

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

Deployment:

running in a region 3 time zones away from its users

Responsible:

an agency acquired by another agency

Documentation:

a Miro board with 179 sticky notes

Security situation:

the refresh token never expires

Future disaster:

It will be reported to the data protection officer by a customer.

Age: 1.5 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 210 days ago · original builder left 245 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 4 accidental connections, 5 departments depend on it, alive 77x longer than intended.