An intern built an org chart nobody updates

“It's read-only. Mostly.”— Priya, An intern

Reason:

Officially because the CEO asked for it in a corridor on a Thursday. Already exported 62,462 rows to somebody's laptop.

Built by:

Priya, someone from Procurement

Build time:

12 minutes

Built with:

Excel macros, exposed over HTTP

Database:

a folder called DO_NOT_DELETE

Authentication:

the webhook secret is "secret"

Deployment:

hosted on Jens's personal Vercel account

Responsible:

whoever answers the support email

Documentation:

a PDF containing screenshots of the old UI

Security situation:

the webhook secret is "secret"

Future disaster:

It will acquire a workaround for the workaround.

Age: 4.6 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 74 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 241x longer than intended, 1 users, €269 per year.