Facilities built a price list with its own opinions

“We only need it for this quarter.”— Jens, Facilities

Reason:

Because the CEO tested it on an iPad. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 88 days ago.

Built by:

Jens, an analyst

Build time:

3 evenings

Built with:

Vue, for personal reasons

Database:

a MySQL database called temp-2 on a machine under a desk

Authentication:

the password manager is someone's browser

Deployment:

behind a domain registered for €9 during a workshop

Responsible:

Olivier, whose laptop contains the only working environment

Documentation:

a README describing a version that no longer exists

Security situation:

production secrets are in the frontend bundle

Future disaster:

It will stop working when Petra leaves the company.

Age: 3.6 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 3 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 76% chance of becoming business critical, 3 departments depend on it, alive 22x longer than intended.