Procurement built a feature adoption tracker

“We didn't have time for architecture.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Officially because the bug was closed because nobody replied for 317 days. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 623 days ago.

Built by:

Sofia, an intern

Build time:

4 evenings

Built with:

Express, because NestJS looked like too much work

Database:

MongoDB containing a collection called test2_final

Authentication:

the password manager is someone's browser

Deployment:

behind a domain that still contains the word test

Responsible:

Kevin, according to nobody except Ravi

Documentation:

a README describing a version that no longer exists

Security situation:

it is indexed by Google. All of it.

Future disaster:

It will process the same invoice 4 times.

Age: 1.6 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago · original builder left 86 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 4 departments depend on it, nobody owns it, the builder has left.