The CRM Team built a barcode scanner that only works on one phone

“It's read-only except for updates.”— Group Controller

Reason:

Because the export takes 51 minutes and sometimes produces an empty file. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Chen, an analyst

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

an in-memory dictionary. Restarts are exciting.

Authentication:

the secret is in .env.example

Deployment:

hosted on Bastian's personal Vercel account

Responsible:

a contractor invoicing €695/day through a third party

Documentation:

tribal knowledge, technically

Security situation:

certificate warnings are considered normal

Future disaster:

It will send an invoice of €8,600 to the wrong country.

Age: 13 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 13 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €700k per year, 174 users, 2 departments depend on it.