Finance built an incident log nobody logs incidents in

Reason:

Officially because IT said no, politely, in writing. Built in a single weekend.

Built by:

unclear

Build time:

unknown

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

the production database, directly

Authentication:

one shared password, written on a sticky note

Deployment:

running on a laptop that must stay open

Responsible:

the department head, who has never opened it

Documentation:

a diagram on a whiteboard, photographed, deleted

Security situation:

a security review was scheduled and quietly cancelled

Future disaster:

It will outlive two reorganisations.

Rated common mostly because: 2 departments depend on it, 12% chance of becoming business critical, 4 users.