IT (yes, really) built an expense approval workflow

“We have a README.”— HR Generalist

Reason:

Allegedly because the ticket has been open for 34 days. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 823 days ago.

Built by:

Thomas, an intern

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

Svelte, which nobody else here writes

Database:

Notion, with one row per customer

Authentication:

the security model is "nobody knows this URL"

Deployment:

running in Docker Compose on a machine named final-new

Responsible:

Sarah, who inherited it during a reorganisation

Documentation:

a Notion page with one sentence and 14 empty headings

Security situation:

the tenant ID comes directly from the query string

Future disaster:

It will become business critical in 2 months.

Age: 13 days · originally expected to last 14 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 13 days ago · original builder left 39 days ago

Rated common mostly because: the builder has left, 1 departments depend on it, 1 users.