The Archive
Every filed case, in order of deposition. Read chronologically for the running gags, or jump straight to the invoice.
The Happiest Workplace on the Org Chart
The Happiest Workplace on the Org Chart
During Culture Week at MaJESTa Software, a manager lectures employees about transparency and inclusion, while an engineer ironically prepares to quit by saving his resume. The strip contrasts the company's corporate branding about belonging with the employee's quiet exit from the organization.
The Director's Direction
A manager assigns an employee the role of release liaison, tasking them with coordinating across various departments without giving them any actual authority. As the employee inspects a complex release plan with many dependencies, they realize the role offers all of the responsibility with none of the control.
One Seat in the Sandbox
An employee presents a Diagnostic Framework to her colleagues, but her manager dismisses it as too complicated and walks out. Later, a male colleague presents nearly the exact same framework to the group and receives their applause and immediate executive approval, leading the original presenter to sternly request a written record of his 'innovation'.
The Backend Is Easy
A coworker explains a complicated, twelve-step deployment process for eight isolated software instances as if it were simple. When the main character is later left to deal with a critical system failure caused by this exact process, he realizes he has been left with all the responsibility but none of the authority to fix it.
Load-Bearing Nothing
Two employees discuss the technical impossibility of a requested software feature, leading to a meeting where the request remains unresolved. The strip concludes with the employees acknowledging that they are forced to build complex, risky workarounds for features that cannot be properly implemented.
The Tool Says You’re Right
Two coworkers discuss an audit gap regarding 150 unverified requirements, debating the difference between compliance as a tool versus a checkbox. Despite concerns about human review and actual correctness, they conclude that managing risk requires adding more process and documentation, ultimately resulting in a hollow dashboard success while the underlying software failure persists.
The Workaround Becomes the Architecture
Evidence of Progress
Transformation Complete
Bigger, Faster, Same
Definitely Not Legacy
Nothing to Worry About
Lived the Pain?
AI Will Fix It
The Digital Tether
The System Nobody Owns
Decision Debt
