Marketing built a performance review form

“The database isn't exposed. I think.”— Anja, Marketing

Reason:

Officially because procurement needs three quotes for something costing €249. With 102 users and 72 feature requests.

Built by:

Anja, someone from Procurement

Build time:

12 minutes

Built with:

Python and a cron job on a laptop

Database:

SAP, indirectly, through 8 CSV exports

Authentication:

the role is a query parameter

Deployment:

running on port 8080 in production

Responsible:

Finance, according to IT

Documentation:

tribal knowledge, technically

Security situation:

passwords are stored in a spreadsheet for emergencies

Future disaster:

It will get backups after the first data loss.

Age: 4.6 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 6 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 81% chance of becoming business critical, alive 238x longer than intended, 1 users.