The CEO built a lead scoring model nobody understands

“The API isn't documented.”— Anja, The CEO

Reason:

Mainly because the project has been 90% finished for 18 months. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 317 days ago.

Built by:

Anja, a product owner

Build time:

8 minutes

Built with:

ChatGPT, copy, paste, repeat

Database:

Git commits, technically append-only

Authentication:

the password is "Password1!" because it meets the policy

Deployment:

deployed from a branch called final

Responsible:

Finance, apparently

Documentation:

a Confluence page owned by Anja, who left

Security situation:

the admin account is also the service account

Future disaster:

It will be described as "legacy" before its first birthday.

Age: 1.1 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 405 days ago

Rated legendary mostly because: 6 accidental connections, it is load bearing, alive 7x longer than intended.