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Re: GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

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Protocol? I kind of assumed things like Slack, Gitter, etc. were just using websockets that communicate with their backend.

Slack is built on top of IRC. Presumably Gitter is as well

Any source on that. I don't think it follows any protocols at all. Just implements it's own thing.

Re: GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

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Every next move by Gitlab makes them grow in my eyes, personaly. Few weeks ago I started using it as my main "portfolio", it's not much but I really like their way of thinking, openness and providing services. Their whole eco-system is looking really interesting right now, and I hope they will continue to advance and grow. Edits: typos, wrote from phone.

They definitely have a very interesting strategy, one that is well suited to their target market (= programmers). They're probably the most open company I've seen. Still, I can't justify moving off GitHub, for now. Gitlab has some growing left to do, especially on the SaaS part.

Still, good luck to them :-)

Re: GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Protocol? I kind of assumed things like Slack, Gitter, etc. were just using websockets that communicate with their backend.

Slack is built on top of IRC. Presumably Gitter is as well

Slack is definitely not built on top of IRC. There is, however, an IRC interface to Slack.

Re: GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

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Every next move by Gitlab makes them grow in my eyes, personaly. Few weeks ago I started using it as my main "portfolio", it's not much but I really like their way of thinking, openness and providing services. Their whole eco-system is looking really interesting right now, and I hope they will continue to advance and grow. Edits: typos, wrote from phone.

Thanks for the confidence in our approach :D Being open and honest about everything is super important to our company culture. We definitely have some great stuff in the pipeline for the next few months.

Re: GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

#40

Every next move by Gitlab makes them grow in my eyes, personaly. Few weeks ago I started using it as my main "portfolio", it's not much but I really like their way of thinking, openness and providing services. Their whole eco-system is looking really interesting right now, and I hope they will continue to advance and grow. Edits: typos, wrote from phone.

Thanks for using as part of your main portfolio Philip! Can I ask what else is in there?
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