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GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code

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

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Post by fnord123 »

sytse wrote: post #85
j_s wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Performance of repos on GitLab.com https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/

We hear you and agree, GitLab.com is too slow. We're working on multiple things to improve it https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/947 GitLab 9.1 will have lots of performance improvements for database queries. The GItaly team is working hard to move git commands to the fileservers to reduce latency, that will happen in about a month from now.

Idea: put the performance plots from tickets on https://arewefastyet.gitlab.com

Mozilla does this to great effect:

http://www.arewefastyet.com/

https://areweslimyet.com/

http://www.arewewebyet.org/

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

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Post by jensvdh »

caio1982 wrote: post #69
oblio wrote: post #35

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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 :-)

"Gitlab has some growing left to do, especially on the SaaS part." Some people (say, big companies) think exactly the opposite because they are after an on-prem solution, and for that Gitlab kicks Github's ass.

Why? Github enterprise offers exactly that. An "On premises" Github.

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

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Post by Philipp__ »

johnsea wrote: post #88
Philipp__ wrote: post #57

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Have you actualy used Gitlab? I can't say they are becoming bloated, because they services are of high quality? Have you tried their CI/CD? Github is stagnating. Yeah, they are industry standard, but competition is best thing that can happen to them and users. I haven't seen them promoting that hard as you describe. I wrote my comment of the pure satisfaction with their services and my use case. So stop being ignoran…

Imo github has the much better user interface. I wouldn't say gl became bloated, but it is not easy to navigate around. At one point, I think, it is necessary to 'rethink' the UI, i.e. to arrange the parts into one consistent beautiful whole. (My comment excludes the CI part)

That is true. GitHub really got it with the UI, and it was so easy to get used to. Later on, I was thinking I was having slight problems with GL's interface because I was so used to GitHub, but after some time spending on GitLab, I think they really could rethink the UI.

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

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Post by jensvdh »

therealmarv wrote: post #97
ohstopitu wrote: post #67

I love Gitlab but sadly, quite a lot of services that offer free accounts for open source projects (TravisCI comes to mind), generally don't integrate with Gitlab It's one of the few reasons why I am still using Github :( .

Generally I have the opinion that the CI of gitlab is much more powerful because of real Docker usage (and also works on private repos for free). Speaking about the gitlab CI... why is there no status or statistics page about it on status.gitlab.com and why is a new build pending over 30 minutes currently (now) ?

Travis has supported Docker Container based builds for quite a while now.

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

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Post by yani »

That is awesome news. I have been using Gitlab for the last year. I switched over my personal projects and 3 organizations I was advicing from GitHub. They won me with their data centers in Asia and Europe. GitHub is extremely slow in Asia and they do not want to change.

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

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Post by knownothing »

Philipp__ wrote: post #15

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.

Does that include neglecting to create or test their backups?

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

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Post by sandGorgon »

@sytse - this is huge. You can move the YC internal slack to gitter as well ;)

But seriously - people are willing to throw money for an enterprise gitter - especially after https://medium.freecodecamp.com/so-yeah-we-tried-slack-and-w...

Look at the number of people begging Discord to take money from them - https://feedback.discordapp.com/forums/326712-discord-dream-...

gitter always had search working - discord just got it recently.

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

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Post by hamandcheese »

Somewhat off topic, but I was once very interested in working for GitLab. According to their compensation calculator, though, I'd be making less than half what I make now (also working remotely). They ding me for living in a comparatively low cost area.

I'm surprised they are able to attract talent to achieve what they have done so far. It makes me worry somewhat about my future prospects in an increasingly globalized talent pool.

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