Reception built a variance analysis dashboard

“It's read-only except for updates.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Allegedly because Ravi has the only working copy of Budget2026_new.csv. With 3 tests, all skipped.

Built by:

Tobias, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Python, Flask and no requirements.txt

Database:

a MySQL database called temp-final on a machine under a desk

Authentication:

the reset password button emails the old password back

Deployment:

hosted in a cloud region nobody intended to use

Responsible:

Tobias, a warehouse supervisor. Only Tobias.

Documentation:

an email with the subject "quick overview"

Security situation:

the JWT secret is "changeme"

Future disaster:

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

Age: 14 days · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 2 accidental connections, €59k per year, 20% chance of becoming business critical.