Legal built a customer feedback wall

“We just need it until SAP is updated.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Allegedly because the licence costs €38,000 per month, billed annually. With 3 tests, all skipped.

Built by:

Sarah, someone from Procurement

Build time:

12 minutes

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

GitHub Issues. Yes, production data.

Authentication:

the logout button refreshes the page

Deployment:

running on Windows Server because that machine was available

Responsible:

a team that has since been reorganised

Documentation:

a spreadsheet cell containing "ask Priya"

Security situation:

passwords are stored in a spreadsheet for emergencies

Future disaster:

It will be replaced by an Excel file during the migration.

Age: 130 days · originally expected to last 3 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 3 days ago · original builder left 47 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €1.9m per year, 177 users, the builder has left.