Dog Shelter Team built a performance review form

“It has a login screen.”— Elena, Dog Shelter Team

Reason:

Allegedly because the CEO asked for it in a corridor on a Friday. Started as Headcount_use-this-one.csv with a script attached.

Built by:

Elena, an analyst

Build time:

9 evenings

Built with:

Svelte, which nobody else here writes

Database:

Elasticsearch, because somebody wanted search

Authentication:

the password is stored in a spreadsheet called passwords.xlsx

Deployment:

running in a Kubernetes cluster created for a proof of concept

Responsible:

Miriam, currently on parental leave

Documentation:

none, but the variable names are "pretty clear"

Security situation:

the firewall rule is 0.0.0.0/0

Future disaster:

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

Age: 1.5 years · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 56 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 85 users, 2 accidental connections, the builder has left.