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App #534 Β· πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ the United States
Disaster score 401Rare

Legal built a KPI wall for a screen nobody looks at

πŸ›οΈ Older than the department
Users114
Departments5
Criticality13%
Money involved€8,983/yr
β€œThe data is mostly public anyway.”— Lukas, Legal
Reason:
Officially because the documentation describes a button that no longer exists. With 79 users and zero documentation.
Built by:
Lukas, someone from Procurement
Build time:
12 minutes
Built with:
Streamlit
Database:
Tobias's laptop, technically
Authentication:
there is one account called "user"
Deployment:
deployed by copying files over RDP
Responsible:
Sarah, because everyone else refused
Documentation:
a photographed whiteboard from a workshop
Security situation:
the API key is shared by 4 applications
Future disaster:
It will outlive two reorganisations.

Accidentally connected to (3)

  • β†’ depends on a DNS entry somebody created manually
  • β†’ depends on an Excel macro
  • β†’ sends a CSV to Finance every morning

Age: 5.0 years Β· originally expected to last 3 months Β· 5 owners so far Β· survived 1 reorganisation Β· last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 5 departments depend on it, 114 users, 3 accidental connections.

Current owner

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