There's a 25 year graph at the end of the article.

Great visual story. It would have been cool if they had also included the High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) method, which is closer to how diamonds are naturally formed. However, I imagine it would have been harder to "show".

Here's the high pressure, high temperature process, in China.[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkMkcetAiV4

Any words of encouragement to a 32 year old considering a career switch to software development? I have a CS undegrad and have been working in the industry, although in strategy roles and never as a developer.

Where do you live?

I transitioned to software development in the age of ~30 and am based in Austria, Europe. The way I did is was to work on a project in my free time, and use that to a) LEARN, b) demonstrate that I can aquire skills myself and c) can stay motivated and push through. I wanted to show that I'm worth being given a chance. It worked flawlessly, I got hired on the first try.

Just try it, what's the worst that can happen? :)

I've got the feeling good software engineers are a bit more rare here, though, and Whiteboard interviews are not a common thing either.

It’s never too late to switch to software development, especially since you already have a strong foundation with your CS degree and industry experience.

Nice work! It might be helpful to explain what "offline first" means (i.e. the data is stored in your local machine), especially for lay users.

Thanks. Yeah I agree, outside of HN some terms in the intro should be explained better :)