This article began in this community actually in 2023! Thanks to @Giorgio Delle Grottaglie for working on this article with me and how a technical platform strategy can actually bring together disparate mergers of 21 different companies under one umbrella https://thenewstack.io/how-expedia-group-moved-from-21-platform-stacks-to-1/

thank you @Jennifer Riggins for bringing that story to life!