The Person Who Knows SQL built an overtime calculator

“We'll clean it up after the audit.”— Group Controller

Reason:

Because the deletion process requires a ticket, a manager and 5 approvals. With 894 users and 82 feature requests.

Built by:

Sarah, an intern

Build time:

2 evenings

Built with:

Excel macros with network access

Database:

browser cookies with surprising ambition

Authentication:

TLS is optional because it is internal

Deployment:

deployed Friday at 17:49

Responsible:

an intern's old manager's manager

Documentation:

a Teams recording nobody has permission to open

Security situation:

the penetration test account had global admin

Future disaster:

It will be migrated into the official system in 2033.

Age: 46 days · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 46 days ago · original builder left 40 days ago

Rated common mostly because: the builder has left, 11 users, deployed on a Friday.