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The full arc of a thing, from spark to dust, with no skipping ahead.
means The complete sequence of stages something passes through, from creation through growth, maturity, and eventual decline or death.
from Coined in 19th-century biology to chart organisms birth-to-death; business and software later borrowed it to dignify spreadsheets with the gravity of frogs.
Biology firstOriginally mapped insects, plants, and parasites.
Software stole itNow describes code from idea to deprecation.
Frogs excelEgg, tadpole, frog: the textbook example.