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New comment by onefiftymike in "Let's Buy Spirit Air"

onefiftymike — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:39:06 +0000

I used to work for a company with about 1200 gas station/convenience stores. They tracked "Light product break even". Basically the profit to earn on fuel to make the store break even. It was like 2 cents per gallon most of the time. So they could be super competitive on fuel and still be profitable. It was pretty crazy to see that.

And it was Swifty - definitely a no frills experiences!

New comment by onefiftymike in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

onefiftymike — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:51:53 +0000

Admiral Cloudberg has a great writeup about this. I instantly thought of LA when I saw the headlines about the LaGuardia collision.

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/cleared-to-collide-the-c...

New comment by onefiftymike in "Ask HN: How do you handle release notes for multiple audiences?"

onefiftymike — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:58:31 +0000

My daily use software updates almost daily (web based app) They post almost no release notes. Update breaks your daily work flow, too bad. update completely changes the customer experience? Maybe a blog post at the end of the month. Release a new feature that nobody asked for: public change log entry with fanfare!

I would love every professional software to have a full release note for each update, as well as options to not have your web app update until you are ready for the changes to your flow.