Operations built a PTO approval app

“Nobody knows the URL.”— Marco, Operations

Reason:

Honestly? Because the approval chain includes 3 people and one shared mailbox. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 88 days ago.

Built by:

Marco, a key account manager

Build time:

an afternoon, mostly

Built with:

a Rails app from 2016 nobody updated

Database:

a Docker volume called app_db-2 and a prayer

Authentication:

the session never expires because that was annoying

Deployment:

running with 94% memory usage and "seems fine"

Responsible:

Tobias, according to Jira

Documentation:

a screenshot of a photographed whiteboard

Security situation:

the threat model is "why would anyone attack us?"

Future disaster:

It will survive the official replacement system.

Age: 5.3 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 4 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 420 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 212 users, alive 277x longer than intended, older than the department using it.