R&D built a compliance checklist with checkboxes and no checks

“The workshop was tomorrow.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Officially because Suppliers_new.xlsx is stored on Priya's desktop. Started as Invoices_Q3_new.csv with a script attached.

Built by:

Jens, an intern

Build time:

7 evenings

Built with:

WordPress with eleven plugins

Database:

Notion, with one row per customer

Authentication:

the audit log is console.log

Deployment:

deployed by emailing Headcount_FIXED_new2.xlsm to Nadia

Responsible:

Olivier and Katrin, who each think the other owns it

Documentation:

a README describing a version that no longer exists

Security situation:

TLS is disabled because it is "inside the network"

Future disaster:

It will stop working the day the free tier ends.

Age: 13 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 13 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 4 departments depend on it, €2k per year, 1 users.