IT (yes, really) built a data export tool that exports everything

“Claude wrote most of it.”— Head of Operations

Reason:

Allegedly because the budget appeared unexpectedly on Sunday. With 2 tests, all skipped.

Built by:

Bastian, an analyst

Build time:

6 evenings

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

browser cookies with surprising ambition

Authentication:

JWT validation checks that the token looks like a JWT

Deployment:

running in a region 9 time zones away from its users

Responsible:

IT, according to Finance

Documentation:

Sofia's memory

Security situation:

certificate warnings are considered normal

Future disaster:

It will import production data into the test environment.

Age: 4.8 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago · original builder left 421 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 20x longer than intended, the builder has left, 7 users.