Field Service built a dashboard connected directly to production

“The code is self-documenting.”— Olivier, Field Service

Reason:

Honestly? Because the prototype has 52,597 production records. With a logo generated at 14:33.

Built by:

Olivier, someone from Procurement

Build time:

2 evenings

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

a production table with no primary key

Authentication:

the firewall rule says "temporary"

Deployment:

last deployed 209 days ago

Responsible:

IT, according to Finance

Documentation:

a PDF containing screenshots of the old UI

Security situation:

the API key is called PUBLIC_API_KEY

Future disaster:

It will stop working when Jens leaves the company.

Age: 108 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 108 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 1 accidental connections, 6% chance of becoming business critical, alive 2x longer than intended.