Logistics built a fleet mileage tracker

“We'll put it on the roadmap.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Allegedly because the form takes 26 minutes to complete and times out after 14. Quietly rolled out to five countries.

Built by:

Sofia, a working student

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Streamlit

Database:

a CSV that gets overwritten every Friday

Authentication:

a login screen that accepts any password

Deployment:

running on a laptop with 31% battery

Responsible:

a former employee still helping occasionally

Documentation:

a PowerPoint with 60 slides

Security situation:

the audit log records "updated successfully"

Future disaster:

It will become the source of truth in 12 months.

Age: 4.2 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 210 days ago · original builder left 1415 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 74x longer than intended, the builder has left, €4k per year.