Revenue Operations built a three-quote comparison tool

“ChatGPT can probably regenerate it.”— Group Controller

Reason:

Because the demo environment contains real customer data. With 1379 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Lukas, a recruiter

Build time:

19 minutes

Built with:

SharePoint lists pretending to be an application

Database:

a second Postgres called app_db, for safety

Authentication:

the MFA code is always 000000 in the test environment

Deployment:

behind a domain Bastian owns privately

Responsible:

a shared mailbox nobody reads

Documentation:

a Confluence page whose screenshots are all out of date

Security situation:

IT was informed. IT has chosen peace.

Future disaster:

It will be replaced by a second version of itself.

Age: 24 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 24 days ago · original builder left 51 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €182k per year, nobody owns it, the builder has left.