Investor Relations built a customs document tracker

“We'll replace it next year.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Officially because SAP is only reachable on the VPN, which drops every 27 minutes. With 1634 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Tobias, a product owner

Build time:

3 hours 7 minutes

Built with:

Streamlit

Database:

a mini PC behind the reception desk

Authentication:

nobody knows the password, but the browser still does

Deployment:

running in a Kubernetes cluster created for a proof of concept

Responsible:

Sarah, who thought somebody else owned it

Documentation:

a README containing 11 broken links

Security situation:

the cookie banner is the security feature

Future disaster:

It will be discovered during due diligence.

Age: 7.7 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 6 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated legendary mostly because: €2.3m per year, 235 users, alive 47x longer than intended.