Field Service built an org chart nobody updates

“The database isn't exposed. I think.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Honestly? Because somebody watched a 32 minute tutorial. With a logo generated at 11:11.

Built by:

Daniel, an intern

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

booleans stored as "yes", "no", "Y", "N" and occasionally "maybe"

Authentication:

Marco thinks Jens knows the password

Deployment:

running with 97% disk usage

Responsible:

Finance, according to IT

Documentation:

a README containing 3 broken links

Security situation:

logout only hides the menu

Future disaster:

It will be used for payroll by accident.

Age: 1.6 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €583k per year, alive 83x longer than intended, 1 departments depend on it.