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williamchia

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    Comment #21287232

    GitLabber here, one of our core values is iteration and our mission statement is "Everyone can contribute" https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#iteration Honestly, you could s…

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    Comment #20930933

    I work at GitLab and can shed some light here. As a 100% remote company we work in all timezone. Writing things down actually helps make things more efficient. At my last job, to g…

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    Comment #20307875

    GitLab has 736 team members - https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/

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    Comment #20105872

    I've been at GitLab about 2 years. While I've worked remote and on teams with remote members, there is a huge difference when everyone is remote. I'd estimiate that I am 2x-3x more…

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    Comment #19230158

    Funny thing, when I joined the team at GitLab over a year ago I was really annoyed by this since I'd been using PR for the better part of a decade. Now I'm so used to saying MR tha…

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    Comment #18664503

    Yes, you've touched on a key difference between Jenkins and GitLab in general: Jenkins: only does CI/CD, needs to be integrated with a suite of other tools. GitLab: end-to-end DevO…

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    Comment #18511102

    GH Enterprise pricing is $21 /user/mo [1] GL Ultimate pricing is $99 /user/mo [2] [1] https://github.com/pricing/enterprise [2] https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed

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    Comment #18443137

    I'm curious how you came to this conclusion about GitLab's business model? GitLab is pretty clear on the homepage. The business model is to compete in 9 different categories, only …

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    Comment #18442844

    > Bosses never expect an email to be answered immediately. Sounds like wherever you were working before was doing it wrong. I work remote and no one ever expects immediate email or…

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    Comment #18442763

    GitLab the open source project was started in 2011. GitLab the company didn't start until 2014. GitHub is 6 years older than GitLab.

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    Comment #18324272

    Not likely according to CNBC interview [1]: > Rometty told CNBC that the deal should not be interpreted as part of any plan for her to transition out of her position as CEO at IBM.…

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    Comment #17748041

    GitLabber here. GitLab publicly states our goal is to IPO on Wednesday, November 18. 2020 and that we don't want to be acquired so we can preserve our values: https://about.gitlab.…

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    Comment #17748002

    Hi, GitLabber here. There are several inaccuracies in your comment. Hopefully, I can clarify and comment. > Google is an investor in GitLab Not true. GV invested in GitLab. GV != G…

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    Comment #17693082

    GV operates independently of Google (part of why the name changed officially form “Google Ventures” to GV) GitLab parters with and supports multiple clouds - e.g. GitLab announced …

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    Comment #17594125

    Note, it's only a paid feature for private projects on GitLab.com. Public projects get all features of Gold for free: https://about.gitlab.com/open-source/

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    Comment #17588542

    For every release GitLab gives an MVP award to the community member who contributes in an impactful way to that release. Stan has earned it the most times: https://about.gitlab.com…

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    Comment #17588258

    Hi Simon, I work at GitLab. Sorry for the radio silence. I do know we prioritize follow up based on company size & order size. If a smaller company requests a few licenses it can s…

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    Comment #17588118

    As a transparent company, our roadmap (what we spend time on) along with our strategy (why we spend it there) is public. https://about.gitlab.com/direction/ https://about.gitlab.co…

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    Comment #16652223

    It seems like you should be able to do this, but there may need to be an update to work with already-mirrored repos since the feature was designed to have a flow that expects a new…

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    Comment #16651901

    No, I'm sorry, your comment is correct. It is free on GitLab.com for public repos. It is also free for private repos on GitLab.com for the next year.

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    Comment #16651829

    Edit: I see clearly now in the top-level comment you mention self-hosting Ah, my apologies, didn't realize you were self-hosting GitLab vs using GitLab.com. Yes, this is the case f…

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    Comment #16651777

    Hi - with GitHub everything is configured automatically. A future feature may implement this for BitBucket as well, but you can get a similar experience today by manually configuri…

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    Comment #16651307

    Hi Eslaught - So the new CI/CD for GitHub feature should be solving the pain points of the old manual mirroring process. When you set up a project and Oauth to GitHub it should aut…

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    Comment #16651200

    Hi Kuschku - I think this is misunderstanding, we are offering GitLab CI/CD for free for GitHub.com projects. It'll be free for private repos for a year, and it will be free for pu…

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    Comment #16651185

    Also available for free for "anyone using GitHub" - not just enterprises :) https://about.gitlab.com/features/github/#anyone-using-githu...