The Person Who Knows Power Automate built a customer satisfaction dashboard

“We barely store passwords.”— Katrin, The Person Who Knows Power Automate

Reason:

Officially because the export button creates copy of copy of Stock_list_FIXED.xlsx, but nobody knows where. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Katrin, an analyst

Build time:

9 evenings

Built with:

Node.js with 847 packages and one route

Database:

three databases, each claiming to be the source of truth

Authentication:

the password was last changed 209 days ago

Deployment:

deployed straight to production on a Friday, no staging

Responsible:

a project group that technically no longer exists

Documentation:

a Teams recording nobody has permission to open

Security situation:

passwords are stored in a spreadsheet for emergencies

Future disaster:

It will receive an innovation award.

Age: 1.4 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 384 users, 4 accidental connections, €89k per year.