IT built a lunch poll that became business critical

“It's only for one department.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Honestly? Because the workaround has onboarding documentation. Built during an offsite instead of the thing they were asked to build.

Built by:

Sarah, a key account manager

Build time:

51 minutes

Built with:

Node.js with 847 packages and one route

Database:

an API that returns CSV

Authentication:

Nadia is still an admin because removing access felt risky

Deployment:

deployed at 14:47 because "nobody will be using it then"

Responsible:

a project group that technically no longer exists

Documentation:

a photographed whiteboard from a workshop

Security situation:

the data protection officer does not know it exists

Future disaster:

It will still be running in 2033.

Age: 20 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 20 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 56% chance of becoming business critical, 41 users, €16k per year.