Dog Shelter Team built a PTO approval app

“The workshop was tomorrow.”— Bastian, Dog Shelter Team

Reason:

Because the fax machine is still somehow involved. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Bastian, an analyst

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

GitHub Issues. Yes, production data.

Authentication:

the password manager is a Word document

Deployment:

deployed through a GitHub Action that only Miriam understands

Responsible:

an intern whose contract ended in February

Documentation:

a Notion page with one sentence and 4 empty headings

Security situation:

the data protection officer does not know it exists

Future disaster:

It will stop working when Bastian's credit card expires.

Age: 2.7 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 19 days ago · original builder left 763 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: 357 users, alive 141x longer than intended, €59k per year.