Marketing built a performance review form

“We didn't have time for a ticket.”— Ravi, Marketing

Reason:

Allegedly because Finance has a different spreadsheet. Renamed three times to avoid attention.

Built by:

Ravi, a recruiter

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

a Notion database with automations

Database:

Neo4j because someone drew arrows on a whiteboard

Authentication:

passwords are encrypted with Base64

Deployment:

hosted on a server shared with 6 unrelated applications

Responsible:

Group Controller, because their name appeared first in the meeting notes

Documentation:

an Excel tab called Instructions

Security situation:

CORS is set to * because it fixed the issue

Future disaster:

It will be used for an audit nobody told Miriam about.

Age: 13 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 41 users, €8k per year.