Operations built a shift planner that emails PDFs

“It's just CRUD.”— Nadia, Operations

Reason:

Mainly because the retention policy is "do not delete anything". Quietly rolled out to five countries.

Built by:

Nadia, a recruiter

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

a SharePoint list that started as a temporary workaround

Authentication:

the session never expires because that was annoying

Deployment:

behind a CDN for an app only used inside one building

Responsible:

Finance, according to IT

Documentation:

a file called README-NEW-FINAL.md

Security situation:

the admin URL contains the word secret

Future disaster:

It will round money differently from Finance.

Age: 1.3 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 63 users, 28% chance of becoming business critical, €39k per year.