IT (yes, really) built a rebate calculator

“It's not customer-facing.”— Managing Director

Reason:

Honestly? Because Friday at 14:51 seemed like a reasonable time to deploy. Built in a long Thursday and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Sarah, an intern

Build time:

4 hours 10 minutes

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

a MongoDB with no password on port 27018

Authentication:

rate limiting is "please don't"

Deployment:

last deployed 34 days ago

Responsible:

Tobias, according to Jira

Documentation:

a Loom video nobody can find

Security situation:

security is handled by being "internal only"

Future disaster:

It will discover the backups have never been restored.

Age: 8.6 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 3 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 285 users, 4 accidental connections, direct production access.