Logistics built a barcode scanner that only works on one phone

“It's only temporary.”— Kevin, Logistics

Reason:

Allegedly because someone said "just add AI". With a roadmap in the README, last touched 623 days ago.

Built by:

Kevin, a key account manager

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

a no-code builder on a personal account

Database:

a MongoDB with no password on port 27017

Authentication:

the secret is in the screenshot in the README

Deployment:

deployed with a shell script called deploy-final.sh

Responsible:

Thomas, who insists they are not the owner

Documentation:

a folder called OLD_DO_NOT_USE containing the current documentation

Security situation:

the admin URL contains the word secret

Future disaster:

It will outlive two reorganisations.

Age: 6.2 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 6 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €1.0m per year, 184 users, alive 109x longer than intended.