The SharePoint Team built an asset register for 400 laptops

“It's technically not production.”— Marco, The SharePoint Team

Reason:

Honestly? Because the approval requires 4 people for a €799 purchase. Built during an offsite instead of the thing they were asked to build.

Built by:

Marco, the management assistant

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

an array.

Authentication:

a URL 64 characters long, which counts as security

Deployment:

running on a laptop with 14% battery

Responsible:

Sofia, who insists they are not the owner

Documentation:

a Confluence page copied from another project

Security situation:

all users technically have admin permissions

Future disaster:

It will become part of the company's "digital core" slide deck.

Age: 4.3 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 4 accidental connections, alive 74x longer than intended, €22k per year.