Operations built an approval chain with one approver

“Nobody outside the team uses it.”— Tobias, Operations

Reason:

Honestly? Because the vendor said it could be ready in Q3, assuming requirements do not change. With 52 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Tobias, the management assistant

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Streamlit

Database:

a SQLite file inside a Docker volume nobody has backed up

Authentication:

everyone uses the admin account

Deployment:

behind a domain that still contains the word test

Responsible:

Daniel, who inherited it from Tobias by accident

Documentation:

a README describing a version that no longer exists

Security situation:

every error response includes the full stack trace

Future disaster:

It will import production data into the test environment.

Age: 4.6 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 3 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 1227 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 56x longer than intended, the builder has left, 2 users.