Procurement built a video game

“The password is really long.”— Elena, Procurement

Reason:

Mainly because the lunch prototype is now business critical. With 2 users, one of whom is the CEO.

Built by:

Elena, someone from Procurement

Build time:

8 minutes

Built with:

plain HTML and 1,900 lines of jQuery

Database:

a production snapshot from February because restore testing felt risky

Authentication:

the admin page is hidden by removing the link

Deployment:

running on Ubuntu 20.04 and nobody wants to upgrade it

Responsible:

Tobias, because everyone else refused

Documentation:

a README describing a version that no longer exists

Security situation:

it emails a CSV of everything at 14:09, nightly

Future disaster:

It will turn out to be the only system that knows the real numbers.

Age: 4.8 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 5 owners so far · survived 2 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago

Rated legendary mostly because: 5 accidental connections, €409k per year, 45% chance of becoming business critical.