Facilities built a data export tool that exports everything

“SharePoint has version history.”— Regional Sales Lead

Reason:

Because someone called it "basically just CRUD". Built in 4 hours 21 minutes and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Priya, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Next.js, because the tutorial used it

Database:

Teams chat history

Authentication:

the password policy requires one uppercase letter and optimism

Deployment:

deployed on Friday immediately before a public holiday

Responsible:

a vendor whose support contract expired 8 months ago

Documentation:

a PowerPoint from 2023 labelled FINAL

Security situation:

the service account is also a real employee

Future disaster:

It will fail during the year-end close.

Age: 15 days · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 15 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 37 users, €42k per year, deployed on a Friday.