Facilities built an incident log nobody logs incidents in

“The API isn't documented.”— Marketing Manager

Reason:

Mainly because the CEO tested it on an iPad. With a settings page that does nothing.

Built by:

Lukas, a team lead

Build time:

19 minutes

Built with:

an Electron app, for a form

Database:

a production snapshot from April because restore testing felt risky

Authentication:

the secret is in Git history, so deleting it felt pointless

Deployment:

deployed at 16:49 because "nobody will be using it then"

Responsible:

Lukas, because their email address is in the config

Documentation:

none, but the variable names are "pretty clear"

Security situation:

the encryption key is in the source code

Future disaster:

It will trigger a call from the works council.

Age: 6.5 years · originally expected to last 3 weeks · 5 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 113x longer than intended, older than the department using it, €13k per year.