documentation as code

While searching for a name for the new project, I looked up the inventor of charts for fun. I was amazed to find that this person actually existed. William Playfair (born September 22, 1759, near Dundee, Scotland; † February 11, 1823 in Covent Garden, London, England) is a pioneer of information graphics and is considered the inventor of bar and pie charts. What an unexpected opportunity to honor this man. The name also fits perfectly with an open source project that aims to provide simple charts without a lot of fuss. This article shows what has changed since the first bar chart and how much Java takes off our hands.