The Person Who Knows Power Automate built a non-conformance register

“It only has admin access because read-only didn't work.”— Sofia, The Person Who Knows Power Automate

Reason:

Mainly because the correct dropdown option is "Other". Started as Leads_old.xlsm with a script attached.

Built by:

Sofia, an intern

Build time:

27 minutes

Built with:

a Chrome extension installed manually on 47 laptops

Database:

Supabase with the service role key in the frontend

Authentication:

the refresh token never expires, for convenience

Deployment:

running on a development server labelled DO NOT RESTART

Responsible:

Sofia, who left 9 months ago

Documentation:

a PDF containing screenshots of the old UI

Security situation:

the app is secure because the browser shows a padlock

Future disaster:

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

Age: 3.3 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 3 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 650 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 58x longer than intended, the builder has left, 23 users.