Procurement built a headcount planning app

“It has a login screen.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Allegedly because the documentation starts with "TODO". With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Bastian, a key account manager

Build time:

3 hours 7 minutes

Built with:

Google Apps Script

Database:

a Postgres replica that accidentally became primary

Authentication:

the password was last changed 141 days ago

Deployment:

on a free tier that expires in 10 days

Responsible:

Plant Manager, who calls it "the little tool"

Documentation:

a Miro board that takes 6 minutes to load

Security situation:

the refresh token never expires

Future disaster:

It will round money differently from Finance.

Age: 1.1 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 385 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 49% chance of becoming business critical, 3 departments depend on it, €9k per year.