Logistics built a KPI wall for a screen nobody looks at

“We just need it until SAP is updated.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Officially because management has a PowerPoint with a third number. Built in 8 minutes and demonstrated immediately afterwards.

Built by:

Sofia, a key account manager

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Lovable, and a pinch of optimism

Database:

an S3 bucket called final-new-final with public access "temporarily" enabled

Authentication:

the backend trusts whatever role the frontend sends

Deployment:

in a Docker container nobody can rebuild

Responsible:

Anja, who insists they are not the owner

Documentation:

a README that begins with "temporary notes"

Security situation:

MFA exists for the admin account, which everybody shares

Future disaster:

It will get monitoring after the first outage.

Age: 7.3 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 1 owner so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 62% chance of becoming business critical, 3 accidental connections, alive 189x longer than intended.