Dog Shelter Team built a KPI wall for a screen nobody looks at

“The data isn't that sensitive.”— Chen, Dog Shelter Team

Reason:

Because the form takes 19 minutes to complete and times out after 14. With 170 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Chen, a key account manager

Build time:

51 minutes

Built with:

a Notion database with automations

Database:

an SQLite file called data.db

Authentication:

the password hint contains the password

Deployment:

using a self-signed certificate everybody has accepted

Responsible:

Katrin, because their email address is in the config

Documentation:

a Loom video whose owner account has been deleted

Security situation:

production secrets are in .env.example

Future disaster:

It will be reported to the data protection officer by a customer.

Age: 1.3 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 8x longer than intended, 1 users, 2% chance of becoming business critical.