200: Tech Tales Found
Episodes
When Open Source Turns Sour: The Grafana Tempo License War That Shook Tech
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, the open-source community was rocked by Grafana Labs’ decision to change the license of Grafana Tempo, a critical distributed tracing tool,...
How a Dyslexic Teenager’s Struggle Sparked a Global Education Revolution
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EF Education First, founded in 1965 by Swedish entrepreneur Bertil Hult, emerged from a deeply personal challenge—Hult’s own struggle with dyslexi...
How GlusterFS Revolutionized Data Storage and Faced Its Greatest Threat
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GlusterFS emerged in the mid-2000s as a groundbreaking open-source distributed file system designed to solve the escalating challenge of storing vast ...
When Yoga Met Wall Street: The Rise and Digital Afterlife of a Wellness Empire
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
YogaWorks began in 1987 as a pioneering yoga studio in Santa Monica, founded by Maty Ezraty, Chuck Miller, and Alan Finger, with a mission to elevate ...
When a Free Email System Was Sold Out: The Zimbra Rebellion
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zimbra, once a pioneering open-source collaboration platform, became a symbol of digital trust for small businesses, schools, and nonprofits worldwide...
How a Global Pandemic Silenced an American Banking Dream
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of BBVA USA is a powerful testament to the fragility of global financial ambitions in the face of unforeseen crises. Originating in 2007 wit...
When a Mix CD Sparked a Software War: The Hidden Battle Behind Your Burned Discs
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 2000s, CD and DVD burning was a cornerstone of personal computing, enabled by Jörg Schilling’s open-source ’cdrtools’ suite—a co...
How a Pancake Brand Mastered Marketing Mayhem and Survived a Pandemic
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of IHOP is a compelling case study in brand resilience, strategic reinvention, and the power of cultural connection in the restaurant indust...
When Open Source Closes: The Nomad License Shift That Shook Tech
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2023, HashiCorp’s decision to relicense its core tools—including Nomad—from the open-source Mozilla Public License (MPL 2.0) to the re...
How a Retail Giant Stumbled: The J.C. Penney Story of Loyalty, Missteps, and Reinvention
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
J.C. Penney’s story is a century-spanning saga of American retail evolution, marked by foundational principles, explosive growth, strategic missteps...
The CockroachDB Revolution: How a Resilient Database Sparked a Licensing War
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database inspired by Google’s Spanner, was created in 2014 by former Google engineers Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis, ...
How Planet Fitness Built a Gym Empire for the 80% Who Never Joined One
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Planet Fitness emerged from a struggling Gold’s Gym franchise in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1992, founded by brothers Michael and Marc Grondahl. Recog...
When a PDF License Nearly Broke the Internet: The Ghostscript Uproar
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ghostscript, a foundational open-source software created in 1986 by L. Peter Deutsch, became a critical tool for rendering PostScript and PDF document...
How a ’No-Brand’ Retail Revolution Crashed in America—And Why It Still Matters
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Muji, the Japanese retailer founded in 1980 as a critique of consumer excess, built a global identity on its ’no-brand’ philosophy—emphasizing s...
When Open Source Meets Big Business: The Keycloak Trust Crisis
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Keycloak—a powerful open-source identity and access management tool—illustrates the complex interplay between open-source ideals and ...
How a Sick Day Sparked a Language Revolution: The Berlitz Story
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Berlitz, founded in 1878 by German immigrant Maximilian Berlitz, revolutionized language education through the accidental discovery of immersion learn...
When Open Source Turns Closed: The Licensing Wars Reshaping Tech
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, a seismic shift rippled through the open-source software world as foundational projects faced mounting pressure to rethink their licensing mo...
How a Beloved Texas Cafeteria Cheated Liquidation and Found a Second Life
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luby’s Cafeteria, a Texas institution since 1947, became a symbol of American comfort food and operational efficiency, known for its iconic LuAnn Pl...
When a License Clause Broke a Tech Empire: The X.Org Revolution
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the pivotal moment in open-source history when the X.Org Server emerged as a direct response to a controversial license change...
From Runway to Ruin and Back: How True Religion Survived Fashion’s Fickle Cycle
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
True Religion’s story is a compelling narrative of innovation, cultural influence, and resilience in the volatile fashion industry. Founded in 2002 ...
When Open Source Turns Hostile: The MinIO License Rebellion Shaking Tech’s Foundations
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2023, MinIO, a widely adopted open-source object storage system used by companies for scalable, high-performance data management, abruptly...
How a Budget Airline Dared to Conquer the Skies — And Paid the Price
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Norwegian Air Shuttle began in 1993 as a small regional carrier in Norway, operating propeller planes on short domestic routes. Under the leadership o...
When Open Source Turns Sour: The OpenNMS Split That Shook the Tech World
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Network monitoring is a critical, yet invisible, force that ensures the reliability of modern digital infrastructure, from healthcare systems to finan...
From Bankruptcy to Rebirth: How Francesca’s Survived Retail’s Perfect Storm
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca’s, the women’s fashion boutique founded in 1999 in Houston, Texas, rose from a small accessories shop to a Nasdaq-listed retail phenomen...
From OpenAI Split to AI Blackmail: The Rise of Anthropic and Its Quest for Safe Intelligence
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei, emerged from growing concerns about AI safety and the commercializati...
How a Radio Empire Bet Its Future on Debt—and Nearly Lost Everything
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
iHeartMedia, once known as Clear Channel Communications, began in 1972 as a single radio station in San Antonio, Texas, founded by Lowry Mays and Red ...
Rocky Linux: How a Corporate Decision Sparked a Grassroots Tech Revolution
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Rocky Linux is a pivotal chapter in the ongoing evolution of open-source software and the digital infrastructure underpinning the modern ...
From a Deathbed Wish to a Dining Empire: The Rise and Reinvention of Ruby Tuesday
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ruby Tuesday’s story is a quintessential American business saga, rooted in personal legacy, cultural resonance, and evolving consumer trends. It beg...
Illumos: How a Corporate Shutdown Sparked a Grassroots Tech Revolution
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative traces the dramatic evolution of a pivotal operating system born from corporate ambition and nearly lost to proprietary control. It beg...
From Fifth Avenue Glory to Digital Rebirth: The Bittersweet Saga of Lord & Taylor
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Founded in 1826 by English immigrant Samuel Lord in New York City, Lord & Taylor began as a modest dry goods store before evolving into a pioneeri...
FrostWire: How a Digital Rebellion Sparked a Copyright Revolution
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the rise and evolution of FrostWire, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application born from the open-source ideals of its predecess...
How a Family Feud and a Glass Elevator Built a Hotel Empire
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hyatt Hotels’ journey from a single airport motel in 1957 to a global hospitality leader reflects a confluence of strategic vision, architectural in...
Chamilo: How a Bitter Software Feud Sparked a Global Education Revolution
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The evolution of Chamilo, an open-source learning management system (LMS) now used by over 35 million people, traces back to a series of ideological a...
How a Pandemic Sank a Cruise Line — And the Thousands Left Adrift
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), once the UK’s leading independent cruise line, epitomized a niche yet thriving sector of traditional, no-fly cr...
Kijiji: How a Canadian Woman’s Bold Bet on a Digital Village Built a $34 Billion Marketplace
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kijiji, meaning ’village’ in Swahili, emerged in 2005 as a grassroots initiative led by Canadian entrepreneur Janet Bannister under eBay’s umbre...
How a Retail Empire Built on Joy Crumbled Under Debt and Digital Disruption
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Intu Properties, once a dominant force in UK retail property, rose from financial roots in the 1980s to become a symbol of modern consumer culture. Fo...
WinterCMS: When a Software Paywall Sparked a Digital Rebellion
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story traces the dramatic transformation of WinterCMS from the ashes of OctoberCMS, a once-beloved open-source content management system. For yea...
How a Company Built on Gatherings Survived a World That Had to Stay Apart
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eventbrite, founded in 2006 by Kevin Hartz, Julia Hartz, and Renaud Visage, revolutionized the event industry by democratizing access to ticketing and...
Sirius XM: How a $500 Million Gamble on Howard Stern Saved Satellite Radio
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of Sirius XM represents one of the most dramatic sagas in modern media and technology, a story defined by visionary ambition, cutthroat compe...
How a Telecom Giant Crashed and Rose Again on a Fiber-Optic Lifeline
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frontier Communications' story is a dramatic arc of corporate ambition, systemic neglect, and technological redemption. Originating in 1935 as Citizen...
From Belgian Bakery to Global Bread Empire: The Rise, Crisis, and AI-Powered Rebirth of Le Pain Quotidien
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Le Pain Quotidien, founded in 1990 by Belgian chef Alain Coumont in Brussels, began as a humble bakery rooted in the tradition of organic sourdough br...
When Open Source Turns Closed: The Redis License Rebellion and the Rise of KeyDB
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Redis and KeyDB encapsulates a pivotal moment in open-source software history, where technical innovation collided with the economic real...
How a Beloved Italian Dining Experience Vanished Overnight
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bravo Cucina Italiana and Brio Tuscan Grille emerged in the 1990s as pioneers of the 'upscale affordable dining' movement, offering immersive ...
How a Licensing Battle Gave Birth to OpenSearch: The Fight for an Open Internet
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenSearch emerged from a high-stakes conflict between Elastic N.V. and Amazon over the future of open source software. Originally built on Elasticsea...
How a Retail Icon Defied Collapse—Twice—and Reinvented Itself for a New Era
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Century 21, the iconic New York off-price retailer founded in 1961 by cousins Al and Sonny Gindi, became a cultural institution by democratizing acces...
OpenELA: The Open-Source Uprising: How a Corporate Move Sparked a Tech Rebellion
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative traces a pivotal moment in open-source history, triggered by Red Hat’s 2020 decision to discontinue the widely used CentOS Linux in f...
From $547 to Bankruptcy Twice: The Unlikely Survival of Friendly's
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friendly's story is a quintessential American saga of ambition, resilience, and reinvention. Founded in 1935 by brothers S. Prestley and Curtis Blake ...
Go-oo: When Open Source Rebels: How a Software Fork Sparked a Digital Revolution
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative traces the evolution of free office software, beginning with OpenOffice.org, a project launched by Sun Microsystems in 2000 as an open-...
How a Billion-Dollar Office Revolution Crashed Overnight
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Knotel emerged in 2016 as a disruptive force in commercial real estate, pioneering a 'headquarters as a service' model that offered large ente...
When Open Source Splits: The Syncthing Schism That Reshaped Digital Trust
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the internal conflict within the open-source project Syncthing, a decentralized file synchronization tool designed to give use...
How a Latin American Aviation Giant Survived Collapse and Reclaimed the Skies
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline in Latin America, emerged from a dramatic transformation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Formed in 2012 ...
When Open Source Rebels: The Birth of Valkey in the Shadow of Redis
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Redis, an open-source in-memory data store created by Salvatore Sanfilippo in 2009, became a foundational technology powering real-time web applicatio...
From Oil Boom to Global Empire: The Hilton Dynasty’s Rise, Betrayals, and Reinvention
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Hilton story is a century-spanning saga of ambition, innovation, and resilience, rooted in the vision of Conrad Nicholson Hilton, born in 1887 in ...
Google Glass: The Augmented Reality Dream That Crashed Into Privacy Walls
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google Glass, launched as a revolutionary ’moonshot’ by Google X in 2012, aimed to pioneer consumer augmented reality by integrating a heads-up di...
How a Government Lifeline Became America’s Most Controversial Train Service
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amtrak’s story is one of survival against the odds. Created in 1970 through the Rail Passenger Service Act, it emerged not from market demand but fr...
The Hidden Crisis Behind Openfire: How a Free Chat Tool Became a Hacker’s Playground
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Openfire, an open-source real-time messaging server, began in 2002 as Jive Messenger, evolving through Wildfire to its current name by 2007. Developed...
From Beer Mats to Bailouts: How Virgin Australia Cheated Collapse and Conquered the Skies
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Virgin Australia’s story is a dramatic saga of entrepreneurial audacity, fierce competition, near-collapse, and an improbable resurgence. Founded in...
When Open Source Rebels: The ERP Civil War That Saved Small Business
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the pivotal split between Compiere and Adempiere, a landmark event in open-source enterprise software history. In the late 199...
From Bankruptcy to Boom: How an Oil Company Survived Collapse and Rebuilt Against All Odds
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Extraction Oil & Gas is a powerful case study in corporate resilience amid volatile global markets and industry-specific challenges. ...
FusionForge: When Open Source Turns Closed: The Rebellion That Forged a New Path
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the pivotal conflict in open-source software history sparked by the commercialization of SourceForge and later GForge, leading...
From Cigar-Smoking Rat to Rockstar Mouse: The Tech-Powered Revolution of Chuck E. Cheese
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chuck E. Cheese, founded in 1977 by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, revolutionized family entertainment by merging arcade games, food, and animatroni...
How Indiegogo Revolutionized Funding—And Faced the Fallout
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Indiegogo, founded in 2008 by Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin, and Eric Schell, emerged as a pioneering force in the crowdfunding movement, born from pe...
How a Punk Zine Became a Billion-Dollar Media Giant—And Then Vanished
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vice Media began in 1994 as a government-funded punk magazine in Montreal called Voice of Montreal, founded by Suroosh Alvi, Shane Smith, and Gavin Mc...
Redict: When Open Source Turns Paywall: The Redis Rebellion That Shook Tech
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2024, Redis Inc. announced a pivotal shift, moving future versions of its widely used in-memory database from the permissive BSD-3-Clause ope...
From Floods to Bankruptcy: How GNC’s Health Empire Crumbled Under Debt, Pandemic, and Trust
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
General Nutrition Centers (GNC) began in 1935 as Lackzoom, a small Pittsburgh health food store founded by David Shakarian. Defying skepticism and sur...
Webtrees: When a Family Tree Software Split Over Privacy, a Community Took a Stand
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 2000s, PhpGedView emerged as a pioneering open-source platform that enabled genealogists to digitize and share family histories online usi...
From Chicago Tavern to Corporate Battleground: The Turbulent Rise and Reinvention of Bar Louie
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bar Louie began in 1991 as a neighborhood gastrobar in Chicago, founded by restaurateurs Roger Greenfield and Ted Kasmir, who envisioned a space combi...
When a $6 Billion Company Moved, OpenTofu Fought Back
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2023, HashiCorp’s decision to relicense its widely used Terraform tool from the open-source Mozilla Public License (MPL) to the restrictiv...
How a Retail Legend Lost Its Way: The Pier 1 Imports Story
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pier 1 Imports began in 1962 as Cost Plus Imports, a liquidation outlet for rattan furniture in California, before being rebranded and expanded into a...
When Trust Vanishes: The OpenBao Rebellion and the Fight for Digital Freedom
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of OpenBao is a pivotal chapter in the ongoing struggle between open-source ideals and corporate control in digital infrastructure. It began...
How a Candlelit Spin Class Became a $900 Million Empire—And Why It Almost Crashed
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SoulCycle began in 2006 as a small, candlelit spin studio on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, founded by Ruth Zukerman, Elizabeth Cutler, and Julie Rice...
Jenkins: When a Corporate Takeover Sparked a Software Revolution
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the pivotal origin story of Jenkins, a foundational tool in modern software development, born from the dissolution of its pred...
How a Small-Town Retail Giant Vanished Overnight
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stage Stores, once a cornerstone of small-town American retail, collapsed in 2020 after a decades-long journey marked by aggressive expansion, strateg...
Waypoint: When a Software License Change Sparked a Digital Uprising
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, HashiCorp, a major provider of infrastructure software, ignited widespread controversy by changing the license of its popular tool Waypoint f...
When the Gym Vanishes: The Rise, Crisis, and Rebirth of a Fitness Empire
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Town Sports International (TSI), the parent company of New York Sports Clubs, began in 1973 as St. John Squash Racket Inc., founded by Harry Saint wit...
When Oracle Killed OpenSolaris, a Community Fought Back with OpenIndiana
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story traces the evolution of OpenIndiana, an open-source operating system born from the collapse of OpenSolaris after Oracle acquired Sun Micros...
From Root Beer to Reservations: How Marriott Built a Global Empire on Grit and Innovation
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marriott International’s story begins not in a luxury hotel, but in a nine-seat A&W root beer stand in 1927 Washington, D.C., founded by J. Will...
When Open Source Turns Sour: The JGit Licensing Clash That Split a Community
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, a quiet but seismic shift in the open-source world sent shockwaves through the software industry when the JGit project, a critical Java-based...
How a Pandemic Nearly Killed a Social Empire—And What Rose From the Ashes
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Punch Bowl Social emerged in 2012 as a pioneering 'eatertainment' concept founded by hospitality entrepreneur Robert Thompson, blending high-q...
When Open Source Turns Closed: The Redis Rebellion That Shook the Internet
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2024, a pivotal moment unfolded in the open-source software world when Redis Inc. changed the licensing model for its widely used in-memory d...
From Rejection to Revolution: How a Denied Dream Built an Education Empire
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kaplan, Inc.'s story is one of resilience, innovation, and social transformation, rooted in personal injustice and propelled by a vision of educat...
When Open Source Turns Closed: The Vagrant License Revolt That Shook Developers
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2023, HashiCorp’s decision to change the licensing model of its widely used open-source tool Vagrant—from the permissive MPL 2.0 to the ...
How a Beloved Luxury Card Brand Folded Under Digital Pressure and Debt
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Papyrus, once a symbol of artistic sophistication in greeting cards, rose from a 1950s kitchen-table venture by Marcel and Margrit Schurman into a nat...
Serf: When a Company Betrays Open Source, the Community Fights Back with Code
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2023, HashiCorp’s decision to relicense key open source tools like Serf from the Mozilla Public License (MPL 2.0) to the restrictive Busin...
From Basement Bakery to Billion-Dollar Brand: The Cheesecake Factory’s Recipe for Resilience
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Cheesecake Factory’s origin traces back to Evelyn Overton, a Detroit homemaker whose passion for baking led to a basement cheesecake business in...
KOffice: When Code Rebels: The Bitter Split That Forged a New Open-Source Future
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Calligra Suite emerged from a dramatic 2010 split within the KOffice project, a foundational open-source office suite developed under the KDE communit...
How a Fitness Empire Faced Midnight Closures and Billion-Dollar Debts
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of 24 Hour Fitness is a compelling narrative of innovation, expansion, and vulnerability in the face of unprecedented global disruption. Fou...
When a License Change Sparked a Digital Rebellion: The Birth of OpenBSD Httpd
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 2000s, the Apache HTTP Server dominated the web, powering most websites with its open-source flexibility. However, in 2004, the release o...
How a Gourmet Revolution Became a Corporate Collapse: The Dean & DeLuca Story
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dean & DeLuca began in 1977 as a revolutionary gourmet market in New York’s SoHo, founded by Joel Dean, Giorgio DeLuca, and artist Jack Ceglic. ...
When a Corporate Takeover Threatened Open Source: The SaltStack Rebellion
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, the open-source automation tool SaltStack, widely used by businesses to manage IT infrastructure, became the center of a major controversy fo...
How a Burger Chain Rose, Crashed, and Was Rescued by a Fan Who Refused to Let It Die
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fuddruckers, founded in 1979 by entrepreneur Philip J. Romano in San Antonio, Texas, revolutionized the fast-casual dining space by pioneering the ...
When a Software Update Sparked a Digital Civil War: The Birth of Devuan
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Devuan is a pivotal chapter in the history of open-source software, rooted in a profound ideological conflict within the Debian community...
How a Billion-Dollar Debt and Shifting Pizza Trends Toppled a Fast-Food Giant
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NPC International, once the largest franchisee of Pizza Hut and Wendy’s in the U.S., collapsed under nearly $1 billion in debt, culminating in a Cha...
OpenAM: From Open Source to Corporate Power Play: The Turbulent Evolution of Digital Identity Management
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative traces the evolution of OpenAM, a pivotal identity and access management (IAM) system, from its origins as OpenSSO under Sun Microsyste...
How a $6 Billion Inheritance Drove California’s Top Oil Producer to Bankruptcy
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California Resources Corporation (CRC), established in 2014 as a spin-off from Occidental Petroleum, was tasked with managing California’s largest o...
How a For-Profit Education Empire Imploded, Leaving Thousands in Debt and Despair
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Art Institutes, once a sprawling network of creative education campuses across the United States, collapsed in 2023 after decades of rapid expansi...
Consul: When Open Source Turns Closed: The Consul Rebellion That Shook Tech
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This narrative explores the pivotal 2023 decision by HashiCorp to change the licensing model of Consul, a foundational open source tool used by major ...
How a Billion-Dollar Oil Giant Vanished Overnight: The Whiting Petroleum Collapse
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whiting Petroleum, once a dominant player in the U.S. oil and gas sector, exemplifies the fragility of corporate success in volatile global markets. F...
IcedTea: How a Digital Rebellion Freed Java from Corporate Control
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the mid-1990s, Sun Microsystems introduced Java with the revolutionary promise of ’Write once, run anywhere,’ enabling software to operate acro...
How Avianca Defied a Century of Crises to Become Aviation’s Ultimate Survivor
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Avianca’s story is one of extraordinary endurance, innovation, and national significance, tracing its roots to 1919 with the founding of SCADTA, the...