// #Tech
2 albums tagged with "Tech".
Deflated
The story of Phil Katz, the programmer who created PKZIP and the .ZIP file format — one of the most ubiquitous file formats in computing history. Despite his creation being used by billions of people daily (.zip, .jar, .docx, .apk are all ZIP under the hood), Katz died alone at age 37 in Room 566 of a Milwaukee motel, surrounded by empty liquor bottles.
Distros
The story of Linux told through its distributions. Each track profiles a major distro - its founder, philosophy, triumphs, and struggles. Arranged chronologically from 1993 to 2020, the album traces the evolution of open source: from lone hackers in basements to billion-dollar acquisitions, from purity to pragmatism, from idealism to industry.