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  "schema_version": 1,
  "chart_type": "cartesian",
  "meta": {
    "title": "Requests rose 34,000× in six years, but yearly growth is easing",
    "quality_profile": "showcase"
  },
  "data": {
    "columns": [
      { "id": "year", "type": "date", "values": ["2020", "2021", "2022", "2023", "2024", "2025"] },
      { "id": "requests", "type": "number", "unit": "requests/month", "values": [12000, 140000, 1500000, 9800000, 64000000, 410000000] }
    ]
  },
  "encoding": {
    "x": { "column": "year", "scale": "time" },
    "y": { "scale": "log", "label": "Requests per month" }
  },
  "series": [
    { "id": "requests", "mark": "line", "y": "requests", "label": "Requests per month", "role": "primary", "point": true }
  ],
  "cards": [
    {
      "title": "Why a log axis",
      "items": [
        "Volume runs from 12 thousand to 410 million requests a month — a factor of about 34,000.",
        "On a linear axis the first four years would sit flat against the baseline, indistinguishable from zero.",
        "Year-over-year growth eased from 11.7× to 6.4×. On a log axis a constant rate is a straight line, so that slowdown shows as the gentle bend."
      ]
    }
  ]
}