Logistics built a second CRM

“We just need it until SAP is updated.”— Managing Director

Reason:

Honestly? Because the workshop produced a Miro board with 165 sticky notes. With dark mode and no error handling.

Built by:

Sarah, a product owner

Build time:

27 minutes

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

a backup drive that has not been plugged in for 2 months

Authentication:

the password hint contains the password

Deployment:

running on a laptop with 14% battery

Responsible:

Kevin, who inherited it during a reorganisation

Documentation:

none, but the variable names are "pretty clear"

Security situation:

the audit log also contains passwords

Future disaster:

It will fail five minutes before a board meeting.

Age: 4.1 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 313 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 71% chance of becoming business critical, 3 accidental connections, €68k per year.