Operations built a fleet mileage tracker

“ChatGPT can probably regenerate it.”— Marco, Operations

Reason:

Because the correct dropdown option is "Other". Presented in a town hall as "innovation".

Built by:

Marco, a product owner

Build time:

43 minutes

Built with:

WordPress with eleven plugins

Database:

passwords stored in a column called password

Authentication:

the shared account belongs to Bastian, who left 15 months ago

Deployment:

deployed by dragging files into an FTP client

Responsible:

Kevin, informally

Documentation:

a screenshot of a photographed whiteboard

Security situation:

the data protection officer does not know it exists

Future disaster:

It will get its own budget line before it gets an owner.

Age: 5.6 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €130k per year, alive 34x longer than intended, older than the department using it.