Finance built a performance review form

“The password is really long.”— Olivier, Finance

Reason:

Mainly because the source of truth depends on which department you ask. With 34 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Olivier, a key account manager

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

Next.js, because the tutorial used it

Database:

a backup strategy consisting of Olivier copying the folder on Fridays

Authentication:

the refresh token never expires, for convenience

Deployment:

deployed by emailing Leads_v2_FIXED.xlsx to Thomas

Responsible:

a Teams channel with 8 active members

Documentation:

a file called README-NEW-FINAL.md

Security situation:

the refresh token never expires

Future disaster:

It will be mentioned in an audit finding using the words "material weakness".

Age: 6.8 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 3 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 210 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 28x longer than intended, older than the department using it, 1 users.