Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

Post by muglug » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:46 PM UTC

Smudge wrote: post #19

sytse wrote: post #2

Also see the tweet before that https://twitter.com/holman/status/734842310609899520 "We’re still so far off from even scratching the surface of open, collaborative development tools. We need to speed up, not slow down." I totally agree with that vision and I'm very glad to have Zach join. He is an amazing advocate for developers and I feel honored that he joined us. More information about Zach Holman https://zachholm…

Zach's advocacy of GitHub was one of the reasons I became such a fan over the years. Ever since they fired him, things haven't quite felt the same... I don't know the exact circumstances around his departure, but I do know that GitHub lost someone who, for me, had become one of the leading faces of the company. Of course, maybe that's exactly why the let him go. Regardless, I'm looking forward to seeing him do the sa…

Post by enahs-sf » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:58 PM UTC

etjossem wrote: post #7

joeblau wrote: post #6

I can't read... whoops!

s/GitHub/GitLab?

Post by taw567 » Mon, May 23, 2016, 10:02 PM UTC

grandalf wrote: post #17

GFK_of_xmaspast wrote: post #16

Isn't Holman the harasser dude?

No, he left Github long before that stuff happened.

Post by mbavio » Mon, May 23, 2016, 10:07 PM UTC

Post by Perihelion » Mon, May 23, 2016, 10:13 PM UTC

vonklaus wrote: post #26

Gitlab has been the first "developer tools" company I have been using since fairly early on. I fucking love them, think Holman will be a phenomenal addition, and am just super excited for the new products/services they will be offering. godspeed gitlabs...and I mean that somewhat literally. You guys have to improve your speed a bit, but Holman was there for github's scaling activities, so maybe that is one place they…