Post-mortem18 February · 9 min
We got tide modelling wrong for four months
A one-hour offset in a single timezone, four yards affected, and the review process that should have caught it in week one.
Waylight · writing
Mostly what we got wrong.
Post-mortems, measurements, and field notes from yards. Roughly every second Tuesday, and nothing is gated.
Measurement4 March · 6 min
What a crane hold actually costs, measured across nine yards
We had a number in the pitch deck for two years. Here is what happened when we finally measured it.
Product4 February · 5 min
Why we stopped shipping a mobile app
Crews have phones. They also have gloves, glare, and no signal in a shed. The gate screen won.
Field note21 January · 4 min
Reading a shift plan in the rain
A field note on type size, contrast, and why every confirmation dialog we shipped came back out.
Waylight · the yard letter
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- 41What a crane hold actually costs, measured across nine yards4 Mar · 6 min
- 40We got tide modelling wrong for four months18 Feb · 9 min
- 39Why we stopped shipping a mobile app4 Feb · 5 min
- 38Reading a shift plan in the rain: a field note21 Jan · 4 min
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