Controlling built a timesheet app because the other timesheet app sucks

“The data isn't that sensitive.”— Chen, Controlling

Reason:

Allegedly because the budget appeared unexpectedly on Monday. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Chen, a product owner

Build time:

2 hours 19 minutes

Built with:

Google Apps Script holding together three departments

Database:

a column called misc2 because misc was already taken

Authentication:

the password policy requires changing it every 30 days, so everyone adds 1

Deployment:

running in a Kubernetes cluster created for a proof of concept

Responsible:

Tobias, according to nobody except Petra

Documentation:

a README that begins with "temporary notes"

Security situation:

passwords are "encrypted" with Base64

Future disaster:

It will turn out to be the only system that knows the real numbers.

Age: 59 days · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 44 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 3 accidental connections, nobody owns it, the builder has left.