Legal built a PTO approval app

“We'll add authentication later.”— Elena, Legal

Reason:

Allegedly because Headcount_FIXED_new2.xlsm is stored on Sarah's desktop. Forked from a tutorial at 17:38 and never cleaned up.

Built by:

Elena, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

27 minutes

Built with:

plain HTML and 1,900 lines of jQuery

Database:

browser cookies with surprising ambition

Authentication:

the security model is "Google probably handles that"

Deployment:

deployed every time Kevin remembers

Responsible:

Sofia, because everyone else refused

Documentation:

a Miro board with 164 sticky notes

Security situation:

passwords are stored in a spreadsheet for emergencies

Future disaster:

It will be used for an audit nobody told Elena about.

Age: 3.0 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €150k per year, alive 37x longer than intended, 4 users.