Finance built a lead scoring system

“We'll clean it up after the audit.”— IT Service Desk

Reason:

Allegedly because the shared password was last changed 623 days ago. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 623 days ago.

Built by:

Thomas, a key account manager

Build time:

27 minutes

Built with:

a Notion database with automations

Database:

three databases, each claiming to be the source of truth

Authentication:

the write-only account can also read

Deployment:

sharing a reverse proxy with the company Christmas raffle

Responsible:

nobody. It has no owner.

Documentation:

a Notion page titled "New docs"

Security situation:

MFA exists for the admin account, which everybody shares

Future disaster:

It will be presented at a conference as a success story.

Age: 5.8 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 3 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago · original builder left 482 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 305x longer than intended, nobody owns it, the builder has left.