Timeline · Diagram Design

Product launch · fourteen months

Five design moments from the first post to the current schematic overhaul. Spacing is proportional to calendar time — the five-month gap between v1 and v2 is genuinely wider on the page.

2025 2026 JAN '26 FEB 2025 First post APR 2025 Design v1 SEP 2025 Design v2 typography pass JAN 2026 Design v3 complexity budget APR 2026 · NOW Schematic skill eight diagram types LEGEND Event Major milestone Spacing is proportional to real elapsed time.

THE HEADLINE

v3 set the complexity budget

January's design overhaul is the pivot — the rule that no diagram exceeds nine components comes from there, and it's why this skill exists in the form it does.

Honest spacing

  • 5 months between v1 and v2
  • 4 months between v2 and v3
  • 3 months between v3 and now
  • Cadence is tightening, not gaming the axis

Alternate label placement

Above / below flipping prevents label collision without forcing a second row. Five events on one baseline stays legible.