HR built a headcount planning app

“Claude wrote most of it.”— Group Controller

Reason:

Officially because the printer is somehow involved. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 411 days ago.

Built by:

Katrin, a field technician

Build time:

4 hours 42 minutes

Built with:

Power Apps, licensed to one employee

Database:

a SQLite file inside a Docker volume nobody has backed up

Authentication:

the API accepts requests from anywhere with confidence

Deployment:

running on Windows Server because that machine was available

Responsible:

the person sitting closest to the printer

Documentation:

three different architecture diagrams

Security situation:

the incident response plan starts with "call Olivier"

Future disaster:

It will be reported to the data protection officer by a customer.

Age: 7.8 years · originally expected to last 14 days · 4 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 210 days ago · original builder left 2702 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 203x longer than intended, the builder has left, older than the department using it.