HR built a third CRM

“We have a backup somewhere.”— Chen, HR

Reason:

Because the approval requires 9 people for a €38,000 purchase. Started as Invoices_Q3_use-this-one.csv with a script attached.

Built by:

Chen, a controller

Build time:

a long Thursday

Built with:

Next.js, because the tutorial used it

Database:

a backup strategy consisting of Thomas copying the folder on Fridays

Authentication:

the security model is "Microsoft probably handles that"

Deployment:

behind a domain registered for €8 during a workshop

Responsible:

the business

Documentation:

comments beginning with TODO 2019

Security situation:

production secrets are in Git history

Future disaster:

It will get its own budget line before it gets an owner.

Age: 265 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 265 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 19x longer than intended, 1 users, 1% chance of becoming business critical.