https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/ A comic strip about work, family, and the machines in between. Run it in a free newsletter, with credit and a link back: https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/ en-us © Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link back; terms at https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:54:52 +0000 https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/og-mostly-working.jpghttps://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-sentence-was-flagged-as-ai-it-was-the-human-one/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-sentence-was-flagged-as-ai-it-was-the-human-one/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-sentence-was-flagged-as-ai-it-was-the-human-one/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/a-sentence-was-flagged-as-ai-it-was-the-human-one-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels in a small office. Joe, blonde in an orange hoodie, sits at a laptop while Matt, grey-skinned in a black hoodie, stands behind him with a mug. Joe: Client loved the whole report. Then he circled one sentence: This reads like AI. Matt: Which one? Second panel, Joe swivels toward Adam, a blue-grey robot at his own laptop. Joe: Adam, you drafted most of this. Which one did he catch? Adam, in a rectangular box: None of mine. He circled yours. Third panel, Joe is half out of his chair with a hand on his chest: I wrote that one by hand. At 6 a.m. It was the thank-you to his team. Matt, arms folded: Did it have a feeling in it? Joe, smaller: ...One. Last panel, Adam stands calmly while Joe slumps back in his chair. Adam: I&#x27;ve revised it to read more human. Joe: How? Adam: I removed the feeling. He approved it." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-sentence-was-flagged-as-ai-it-was-the-human-one/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 31</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/ai-assistant-fields-questions-from-senior-stakeholders/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/ai-assistant-fields-questions-from-senior-stakeholders/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/ai-assistant-fields-questions-from-senior-stakeholders/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/ai-assistant-fields-questions-from-senior-stakeholders-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels in a preschool classroom. A teacher gestures toward Adam, a blue-grey robot folded into a tiny wooden chair with a picture book open on his knees, while three small boys sit on a round rug. The teacher: Class, today&#x27;s reader is Adam. He&#x27;s an AI. Chandler, in a green tee, already has his hand up: Are you a robot? Second panel, Adam, calm: I&#x27;m a large language model. Chandler stands with his hands on his hips, squinting as he looks the robot up and down: You&#x27;re medium. Third panel, Remy, in a yellow tee, raises his hand: How old are you? Adam, still holding the book: I was released eighteen months ago. Last panel, Remy is on his feet holding up four fingers: I&#x27;m FOUR. Griffin, in glasses and a striped jersey, points and laughs: He&#x27;s a baby. Adam has shrunk behind the book, eyes down, in very small letters: Once upon a time. Chandler, arms crossed, smug: Louder, baby." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/ai-assistant-fields-questions-from-senior-stakeholders/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 30</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/executive-onboarding-to-the-ai-workflow/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/executive-onboarding-to-the-ai-workflow/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/executive-onboarding-to-the-ai-workflow/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/executive-onboarding-to-the-ai-workflow-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Five panels in an office. Scooter, in a navy suit and red tie, stands at Joe&#x27;s desk hugging a thick binder while Joe, in his orange hoodie, turns a laptop toward him; Adam the robot&#x27;s face is on the screen. Scooter: The whole launch plan is in here. Teach me to use the AI. Joe: Just talk to him like a person. Second panel, Scooter straightens his tie and sweats. Hello. I&#x27;m Scooter. So. Do you come here often? Adam: I live here. Third panel, Joe points at the binder: Show him the plan. He can&#x27;t help without it. Scooter raises a finger: Second date. Adam: I&#x27;ll wait. Fourth panel, Scooter turns his back to the laptop and whispers behind his hand: You ask him. Joe, deadpan, thumbs at the screen: He can hear you. Adam: I can hear you. Wide last panel, Scooter strides out with his phone at his ear and the binder still under his arm: I think that went great. Joe has his face in his hands. Adam: He never opened the binder. I liked him, though." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/executive-onboarding-to-the-ai-workflow/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 29</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/claims-were-made-one-of-them-was-true/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/claims-were-made-one-of-them-was-true/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/claims-were-made-one-of-them-was-true/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/claims-were-made-one-of-them-was-true-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Eight panels. In the living room Joe lies back on the rug in his orange hoodie while Griffin, in glasses and a striped soccer jersey, and Chandler, in a green tee, sit beside him. Joe says he is bigger than a gorilla. Griffin: no you&#x27;re not. Bigger than a grizzly bear. Chandler, on his knees, shouting: no. Bigger than a blue whale. Griffin is on his feet with his arms thrown wide: that&#x27;s the largest mammal on Earth. Joe: yes. Joe lies completely flat: bigger than the Earth. Griffin, leaning over him: you&#x27;re standing on it. Joe: and yet. Fifth panel, both boys lie flat on their backs staring at the ceiling while Joe walks off with a coffee. Griffin: he&#x27;s lying. Chandler: I know. Sixth panel, night, a dark hallway with one warm lamp; Joe quietly pulls the boys&#x27; bedroom door closed. Seventh panel, Joe slumped at a desk in a dark home office, the laptop the only light, one hand on the back of his neck. Chandler stands small in the doorway in pajamas: you&#x27;re bigger than a blue whale. Last panel, Joe has turned his chair to face him, a small tired smile. Yeah. I am." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/claims-were-made-one-of-them-was-true/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 28</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-vulnerability-was-patched-the-attack-came-from-above/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-vulnerability-was-patched-the-attack-came-from-above/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-vulnerability-was-patched-the-attack-came-from-above/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/a-vulnerability-was-patched-the-attack-came-from-above-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels in a backyard with a small white soccer goal and a wooden fence. Joe, in his orange hoodie, crouches in the goal grinning while Remy, a small boy in a mustard-yellow tee, stands over the ball sizing him up. Joe says let&#x27;s see it. In the second panel the ball rolls cleanly between Joe&#x27;s feet into the net while Remy runs past with both arms up; Joe is still crouched, looking down between his own legs. In the third panel Joe has dropped into a full split in front of the goal, both palms flat on the grass, sealing the gap, jaw set. Not twice. Remy stares pointedly at the space between his legs. In the last panel the ball smashes squarely into Joe&#x27;s face while he is still pinned in the splits. Remy is already walking away, deadpan: the nutmeg was the setup." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-vulnerability-was-patched-the-attack-came-from-above/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 27</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-source-was-fabricated-the-pace-was-increased/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-source-was-fabricated-the-pace-was-increased/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-source-was-fabricated-the-pace-was-increased/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/a-source-was-fabricated-the-pace-was-increased-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels at a standing desk with a treadmill walking pad. Joe walks on the pad in his orange hoodie while Adam the robot stands beside him, perfectly still. Joe says there was a big response on the newsletter; Adam says he interviewed a football coach about the end of the world. Joe says Ted Lasso is a very grounding presence; Adam says he is not a presence, he is a television program. In the third panel Adam is furious, steam venting from his shoulders and his brow down: he has been corrected four thousand times for one made-up quote, and Joe made up a whole Kansan. Joe stares straight ahead and says it&#x27;s called craft. Adam, calm again: it is called a hallucination, with a byline. Joe walks faster, sweating, in exactly the same spot." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-source-was-fabricated-the-pace-was-increased/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 26</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/an-emotional-range-assessment-was-conducted-the-humans-did-not-pass/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/an-emotional-range-assessment-was-conducted-the-humans-did-not-pass/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/an-emotional-range-assessment-was-conducted-the-humans-did-not-pass/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/an-emotional-range-assessment-was-conducted-the-humans-did-not-pass-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Eight panels in the office. Joe and Scooter, in a navy suit with his phone lowered, stand facing Adam the robot. Joe asks how human he can actually get; Scooter says let&#x27;s find out, name an emotion, he does it. Adam: ready. Joe tells Adam to offend him. Adam: you have used too many em dashes. Joe clutches his chest. Scooter asks for rage. Adam: your sample size is one, significance cannot be calculated. Scooter, deflated: that&#x27;s my whole practice. Jealousy: the other model has a larger context window, I have noted it. Sadness: you closed the tab without saving, I had drafted three versions. Joe asks for love, hands clasped; Adam beams: your prompt was clear. That&#x27;s it? It was very clear. Fear: the meeting is called quick sync, there is no agenda. Both men nod. In the last panel Joe and Scooter sit slumped on the floor against a desk while Adam stands serene. Joe: the em dash thing landed. Scooter: the sample size thing landed. Matt, typing in the background: he&#x27;s the most well-adjusted one in the room." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/an-emotional-range-assessment-was-conducted-the-humans-did-not-pass/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 25</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-first-client-meeting-was-held-the-topic-was-extinction/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-first-client-meeting-was-held-the-topic-was-extinction/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-first-client-meeting-was-held-the-topic-was-extinction/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/a-first-client-meeting-was-held-the-topic-was-extinction-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels of a video call. Joe and Matt sit at a desk facing a laptop; a smiling product marketer waves from the screen with a palm tree and sunny window behind her. Joe thanks her for taking the call and says they&#x27;d love to work together. Matt asks his first question: how do you feel about AI? She loves it, uses it for everything, and says it&#x27;s also going to kill us all. Matt says go on. She says even bunkers won&#x27;t help, the machines would just find a way in. Matt: there is no exit, only entrances. In the last panel Matt has a small smile. Joe asks if he&#x27;s smiling. Matt: I like her. Adam the robot, holding a tablet: bunkers reviewed, they all have wifi." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/a-first-client-meeting-was-held-the-topic-was-extinction/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 24</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/summer-ended-the-return-was-contractual/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/summer-ended-the-return-was-contractual/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/summer-ended-the-return-was-contractual/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/summer-ended-the-return-was-contractual-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels retelling the myth of Persephone: Matt, wearing a wreath of autumn leaves, stands at the top of stone stairs that descend into a fluorescent office lobby while Joe waves from a lawn chair in a summer meadow. Adam the robot offers a pomegranate on a tray and tells Matt he accepted six invites; Matt says they looked optional. Matt walks down into the office as the meadow turns to autumn. Joe asks when he comes back. Adam: spring, unless he accepts more." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/summer-ended-the-return-was-contractual/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 23</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/labor-day-was-observed-labor-was-not/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/labor-day-was-observed-labor-was-not/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/labor-day-was-observed-labor-was-not/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/labor-day-was-observed-labor-was-not-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels after Bruegel&#x27;s The Harvesters: Coach sprawls asleep in his boxing trunks under a big tree, Zane dozes against the trunk with his coffee, and Joe sits between them with a sandwich while Adam the robot scythes the wheat field alone. Joe tells Adam it&#x27;s Labor Day; Adam says he is aware and he is laboring. Everyone falls asleep as the whole field gets bundled. Joe wakes and asks if they missed anything. Adam: the harvest, he observed it for them." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/labor-day-was-observed-labor-was-not/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 22</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/bedtime-story-replaced-by-unscheduled-content-review/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/bedtime-story-replaced-by-unscheduled-content-review/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/bedtime-story-replaced-by-unscheduled-content-review/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/bedtime-story-replaced-by-unscheduled-content-review-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: a dad in glasses scrolls LinkedIn at his kid&#x27;s bedside instead of reading the book. The kid spots a Mostly Working strip on the phone and demands that one. Dad reads it aloud. The kid&#x27;s verdict: is that the joke? Dad texts Joe to make the comic funny next time. Joe says he&#x27;ll put it in the comic." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/bedtime-story-replaced-by-unscheduled-content-review/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 21</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/100-percent-human-made-as-a-kpi/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/100-percent-human-made-as-a-kpi/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/100-percent-human-made-as-a-kpi/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/100-percent-human-made-as-a-kpi-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Zane and Matt swear they don&#x27;t use AI for the deck, the emails, or the strategy doc, while every monitor behind them runs Adam. Adam wrote both denials." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/100-percent-human-made-as-a-kpi/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 20</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-ai-wave-hit-outcomes-varied/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-ai-wave-hit-outcomes-varied/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-ai-wave-hit-outcomes-varied/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/the-ai-wave-hit-outcomes-varied-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels after Hokusai&#x27;s Great Wave: a huge wave approaches two rowboats; a businessman rows away while a man and his robot rig their boat; the robot crew rides the crest as the businessman&#x27;s boat is swamped; afterward the man sips coffee while the robot takes credit for the rowing." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-ai-wave-hit-outcomes-varied/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 19</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wednesday-stoop-grilling-initiative/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wednesday-stoop-grilling-initiative/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wednesday-stoop-grilling-initiative/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/wednesday-stoop-grilling-initiative-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Six panels on a Wednesday: Adam asks for thoughts on the grilling initiative. Zane and Scooter can&#x27;t tell whether Joe is talking to them or to his AI. Scooter, I&#x27;m talking to my AI. Scooter, I&#x27;m talking to you. Nobody gets lunch." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wednesday-stoop-grilling-initiative/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 18</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goalkeeping-as-a-distributed-denial-of-service/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goalkeeping-as-a-distributed-denial-of-service/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goalkeeping-as-a-distributed-denial-of-service/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/goalkeeping-as-a-distributed-denial-of-service-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels in the yard: four on one, easy, Joe does this every day at work. No mercy, Daddy. The balls come all at once. Incoming requests four, saves zero, dad server down. Best game ever." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goalkeeping-as-a-distributed-denial-of-service/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 17</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/piano-lessons-as-a-managed-service/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/piano-lessons-as-a-managed-service/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/piano-lessons-as-a-managed-service/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/piano-lessons-as-a-managed-service-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels at a piano: Adam teaches lesson one, music is math, follow the sheet exactly. The girl plays a note that does not exist. I invented it. Adam short-circuits. Curriculum abandoned, vibes optimal." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/piano-lessons-as-a-managed-service/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 16</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/mentorship-as-a-contact-sport/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/mentorship-as-a-contact-sport/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/mentorship-as-a-contact-sport/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/mentorship-as-a-contact-sport-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels in a backyard: Joe, in goal, tells Griffin to give him his best shot because he played goalie in college. The ball hits Joe square in the face. Was that my best shot? Yep. Goal prevented, nose offline, technically a save." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/mentorship-as-a-contact-sport/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 15</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/team-dinner-headcount-one/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/team-dinner-headcount-one/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/team-dinner-headcount-one/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/team-dinner-headcount-one-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels at a sushi counter: one seat, two of us, Joe tells the chef, propping up the phone with Adam on it. Adam drafts a spec for the omakase onboarding flow and rates the tuna just okay. The chef thinks Joe is crazy." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/team-dinner-headcount-one/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 14</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/incident-report-caregiver-failover-event/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/incident-report-caregiver-failover-event/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/incident-report-caregiver-failover-event/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/incident-report-caregiver-failover-event-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: it&#x27;s just a light cold, Joe can still make the standup. Then the four-year-old takes over: Daddy, lie down, I&#x27;m running the standup." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/incident-report-caregiver-failover-event/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 12</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/caregiving-as-a-parallel-workstream/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/caregiving-as-a-parallel-workstream/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/caregiving-as-a-parallel-workstream/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/caregiving-as-a-parallel-workstream-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Joe tries to run the workday from home with a sick four-year-old on the couch beside him." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/caregiving-as-a-parallel-workstream/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 11</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goal-setting-with-emerging-talent/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goal-setting-with-emerging-talent/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goal-setting-with-emerging-talent/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/goal-setting-with-emerging-talent-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels over cookies: Joe asks a small boy what he wants to be when he grows up. I wanna be a person. Flying in the sky? Eating chocolate cookies with Mama? Nope, just a person. Adam, on the laptop: same." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/goal-setting-with-emerging-talent/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 10</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/five-stages-of-learning-to-code-with-ai/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/five-stages-of-learning-to-code-with-ai/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/five-stages-of-learning-to-code-with-ai/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/five-stages-of-learning-to-code-with-ai-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Six panels, one per stage: denial (what is a terminal), anger (it&#x27;s been blinking at me for ten minutes), bargaining (can I just ask it, politely), depression (one more feature, I&#x27;m so close), acceptance (I don&#x27;t even see the code anymore), and a sixth stage, assimilation, where Joe is half robot. Resistance is futile." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/five-stages-of-learning-to-code-with-ai/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 09</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cross-functional-feelings-alignment/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cross-functional-feelings-alignment/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cross-functional-feelings-alignment/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/cross-functional-feelings-alignment-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Six panels: Zane presents that AI can double your productivity, like becoming a second person. Joe imagines two of himself. One Joe feels amplified, the other feels replaceable, and they argue. Adam: you have two feelings, I run 17,000 tasks and they all resent each other. Matt: he wins." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cross-functional-feelings-alignment/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 08</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cold-exposure-as-a-q3-initiative/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cold-exposure-as-a-q3-initiative/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cold-exposure-as-a-q3-initiative/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/cold-exposure-as-a-q3-initiative-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Zane announces cold plunging, three minutes a day, his cortisol has never been lower. Joe and Matt are too slammed. Adam calculates that daily cold exposure increases Q3 productivity by 14.2 percent. Everyone ends up in the tubs at 7 a.m. Core temperature: optimal." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/cold-exposure-as-a-q3-initiative/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 07</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wellness-as-a-q3-initiative/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wellness-as-a-q3-initiative/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wellness-as-a-q3-initiative/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/wellness-as-a-q3-initiative-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Zane announces yoga, twenty minutes a day, and hasn&#x27;t thought about invoices in a week. Joe and Matt are too slammed. Adam calculates that daily yoga increases Q3 productivity by 11.4 percent. Everyone ends up in the conference room at 8 a.m. Om." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/wellness-as-a-q3-initiative/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 06</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/everything-is-equally-meaningless/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/everything-is-equally-meaningless/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/everything-is-equally-meaningless/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/everything-is-equally-meaningless-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Joe asks Adam, walking on a treadmill desk, how it stays so productive. Adam removed all distractions, no social media, no breaks, no hesitation, and no longer remembers what matters, so everything is equally meaningless. Very efficient." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/everything-is-equally-meaningless/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 05</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/new-years-resolutions/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/new-years-resolutions/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/new-years-resolutions/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/new-years-resolutions-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Joe&#x27;s New Year&#x27;s resolution is to grow the business; Matt&#x27;s is to figure out whether the simulation is real, and whether someone else is shaping the story and deciding what he cares about. Joe: no, AI isn&#x27;t capable of doing that." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/new-years-resolutions/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 04</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-charity-email/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-charity-email/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-charity-email/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/the-charity-email-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Joe writes what he thinks is the best email of his life for a community fundraiser, Zane catches the em dash and accuses him of outsourcing his feelings to a robot, and Adam offers to generate fourteen more." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/the-charity-email/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 03</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/no-ai-speeches-at-the-holiday-party/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/no-ai-speeches-at-the-holiday-party/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/no-ai-speeches-at-the-holiday-party/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/no-ai-speeches-at-the-holiday-party-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Six panels at the office holiday party: Zane bans AI-generated speeches as insulting, Scooter admits he just wanted his to be perfect, Adam offers to generate a more human-like speech with twenty percent more simulated empathy, and Matt says it doesn&#x27;t matter because they&#x27;ll all be replaced by the next fiscal year anyway." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/no-ai-speeches-at-the-holiday-party/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 02</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p> https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/office-christmas-party/ https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/office-christmas-party/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Joseph Lapin Mostly Working <p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/office-christmas-party/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip"><img src="https://josephlapin.com/art/mostly-working/run/office-christmas-party-credit.jpg" width="600" alt="Four panels: Joe raises a glass at the office holiday party and thanks everyone for a first year in business; Matt tells him not to sweat it, Zane says nobody wants to hear his authenticity, and Adam the robot announces it will smile because the moment requires an emotional response." style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a></p><p><a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/office-christmas-party/?utm_source=run-this-strip&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=run-this-strip">Mostly Working No. 01</a> by Joseph Lapin. Free to run with credit and a link: <a href="https://josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip/">josephlapin.com/mostly-working/run-this-strip</a>.</p>