The Management Assistant built an expense approval workflow

“It's behind the VPN.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Honestly? Because the admin account belongs to somebody who left 10 months ago. With 2 users, one of whom is the CEO.

Built by:

Marco, a key account manager

Build time:

2 evenings

Built with:

Svelte, which nobody else here writes

Database:

Git commits, technically append-only

Authentication:

the API key has existed since the prototype

Deployment:

running from a zip file called Stock_list_FIXED.xlsx

Responsible:

an external agency with no contract on file

Documentation:

none, but the variable names are "pretty clear"

Security situation:

CORS is set to * because it fixed the issue

Future disaster:

It will stop working the day the free tier ends.

Age: 1.6 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 3 days ago · original builder left 110 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 85x longer than intended, nobody owns it, the builder has left.