R&D built a supplier invoice dispute tracker

“The workshop was tomorrow.”— Head of Operations

Reason:

Because someone said "just add AI". With 387 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Sarah, a working student

Build time:

5 evenings

Built with:

Streamlit

Database:

a Postgres replica that accidentally became primary

Authentication:

passwords are stored in plaintext, for troubleshooting

Deployment:

deployed from a branch called final

Responsible:

Sarah, according to nobody except Marco

Documentation:

a Miro board with 152 sticky notes

Security situation:

the encryption key is in the source code

Future disaster:

It will fill the disk at 11:26.

Age: 2.5 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 746 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 64x longer than intended, nobody owns it, the builder has left.