Sales built a data export tool that exports everything

“Microsoft probably handles that.”— Bastian, Sales

Reason:

Because procurement needs three quotes for something costing €2,400. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Bastian, a warehouse supervisor

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

a no-code builder on a personal account

Database:

a folder called DO_NOT_DELETE_OLD

Authentication:

the session cookie expires in 10 years

Deployment:

deployed from a Git commit nobody has pushed

Responsible:

Finance, according to IT

Documentation:

none, but the variable names are "pretty clear"

Security situation:

rate limiting consists of hoping nobody notices

Future disaster:

It will be used for an audit nobody told Tobias about.

Age: 5.2 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 21x longer than intended, older than the department using it, 1 users.