Logistics built a timesheet app because the other timesheet app sucks

“We didn't have time to wait for IT.”— Anja, Logistics

Reason:

Allegedly because the source of truth depends on which department you ask. Started as Invoices_Q3.xlsx with a script attached.

Built by:

Anja, a recruiter

Build time:

7 evenings

Built with:

Svelte, which nobody else here writes

Database:

UUIDs stored as VARCHAR(255), just in case

Authentication:

the incident response plan is "call personName"

Deployment:

deployed by emailing Customers_final_v2.xlsm to Daniel

Responsible:

a vendor whose support contract expired 14 months ago

Documentation:

a PDF exported from PowerPoint

Security situation:

the audit log was disabled because the disk filled up

Future disaster:

It will cause IT to ask "what server?".

Age: 3.3 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 173x longer than intended, 1 accidental connections, 7 users.