Procurement built an invoice matcher

“We just need it until SAP is updated.”— Tobias, Procurement

Reason:

Honestly? Because Leads.csv finally crashed at 17:13. With 73 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Tobias, an analyst

Build time:

1 hours 33 minutes

Built with:

Vue, for personal reasons

Database:

localStorage. That is the whole backend.

Authentication:

the password is the company name plus 2019

Deployment:

on the marketing website's server, somehow

Responsible:

nobody. It has no owner.

Documentation:

an email with the subject "quick overview"

Security situation:

no security review, no plans for one

Future disaster:

It will turn out to be the only system that knows the real numbers.

Age: 2.1 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 4 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 210 days ago · original builder left 649 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 2 accidental connections, €52k per year, alive 26x longer than intended.