Marketing built a headcount planning app

“It has a login screen.”— Priya, Marketing

Reason:

Honestly? Because the API documentation says "ask Priya". With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Priya, a team lead

Build time:

5 evenings

Built with:

Streamlit

Database:

a CSV that gets overwritten every Thursday

Authentication:

the secret is in the screenshot in the README

Deployment:

deployed by copying files over RDP

Responsible:

Nadia and Daniel, who each think the other owns it

Documentation:

a photographed whiteboard from a workshop

Security situation:

it has an admin panel, unlinked, unprotected

Future disaster:

It will outlive two reorganisations.

Age: 1.5 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 4 departments depend on it, alive 77x longer than intended, €4k per year.