Logistics built a replacement for exactly one feature of SAP

“We're too small to get hacked.”— Olivier, Logistics

Reason:

Mainly because the retention policy is "do not delete anything". Built in 27 minutes and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Olivier, an analyst

Build time:

5 evenings

Built with:

a Rails app from 2016 nobody updated

Database:

a vector database because somebody said RAG

Authentication:

the security model is "Microsoft probably handles that"

Deployment:

deployed straight to production on a Friday, no staging

Responsible:

an agency acquired by another agency

Documentation:

a calendar invite description from May

Security situation:

security is handled by being "internal only"

Future disaster:

It will accidentally CC 241 people.

Age: 283 days · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 236 days ago

Rated common mostly because: nobody owns it, the builder has left, alive 9x longer than intended.