Sales built an NDA generator

“It's only temporary.”— Plant Manager

Reason:

Allegedly because nobody could find the right SharePoint folder in 43 minutes of looking. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 623 days ago.

Built by:

Elena, a team lead

Build time:

2 hours 31 minutes

Built with:

a Notion database with automations

Database:

a Git repository with one JSON file per customer

Authentication:

CORS is set to * because the frontend was not working

Deployment:

running in Docker, but the Dockerfile is missing

Responsible:

a consultancy that changed its name twice

Documentation:

a Notion page with one sentence and 11 empty headings

Security situation:

IT was informed. IT has chosen peace.

Future disaster:

It will receive an innovation award.

Age: 3.3 years · originally expected to last 3 months · 3 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 823 days ago

Rated common mostly because: €138k per year, 2 departments depend on it, alive 13x longer than intended.