I think on the third rewatch I noticed that the first line of the diary had a different meaning:
::: spoiler !“We were two young men at the start of a great career. Two young men devoted to an illusion. Two young men who never intended to hurt anyone.” :::
I convinced my parent company like 10 years ago to stop the push to Silverlight. We were a .NET shop so it made certain sense and we were basically writing apps, but I had to tell them that MS was killing it and it was better to stick to web apps.