Legal built a video game

“We only need it until the migration.”— Priya, Legal

Reason:

Officially because the mandatory field is documented as optional. Forked from a tutorial at 16:12 and never cleaned up.

Built by:

Priya, a team lead

Build time:

5 hours 28 minutes

Built with:

Excel macros, exposed over HTTP

Database:

an array.

Authentication:

the login page is protected by another login page

Deployment:

deployed Friday at 17:37

Responsible:

Bastian, because everyone else refused

Documentation:

a diagram on a whiteboard, photographed, then deleted

Security situation:

the API key is called PUBLIC_API_KEY

Future disaster:

It will duplicate every record after a timezone change.

Age: 12 days · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: deployed on a Friday, 1 departments depend on it, 4 users.