IT (yes, really) built a timesheet app because the other timesheet app sucks

“We'll tell IT once it works.”— Kevin, IT (yes, really)

Reason:

Because the export takes 19 minutes and sometimes produces an empty file. Renamed twice to avoid attention.

Built by:

Kevin, a key account manager

Build time:

2 hours 18 minutes

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

an SQLite file called data.db

Authentication:

the encryption key is in the source code

Deployment:

deployed straight to production on a Thursday, no staging

Responsible:

Kevin, a key account manager. Only Kevin.

Documentation:

a 73 minute screen recording

Security situation:

passwords are stored in a spreadsheet for emergencies

Future disaster:

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

Age: 1.9 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 51x longer than intended, 5% chance of becoming business critical, 1 users.