Field Service built Excel, but in React

“It's more of a proof of concept.”— Kevin, Field Service

Reason:

Allegedly because Jira needs 7 clicks and two approvals to record two hours of overtime. With 2 tests, all skipped.

Built by:

Kevin, a field technician

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

a folder called DO_NOT_DELETE_OLD

Authentication:

the admin password is Priya123

Deployment:

running with 94% memory usage and "seems fine"

Responsible:

the person sitting closest to the printer

Documentation:

a Slack message saying "I'll document this later"

Security situation:

the admin page is protected by not linking to it

Future disaster:

It will be presented to management as evidence that shadow IT works.

Age: 214 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 210 days ago

Rated mythic mostly because: €3.9m per year, 694 users, 72% chance of becoming business critical.