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Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by andyonthewings »

lucideer wrote: post #26
john_cogs wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The GitLab logo/mascot is actually a tanuki, a Japanese racoon dog. It symbolizes our values as a smart animal that works in a group to achieve a common goal.

If the intent of the redesign was to make this more apparent, it also failed in that goal. Old and new both look like a fox. Old(er) tanuki-like logo for comparison https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-artwork/-/blob/9b07772f...

Wait, but the other image file is named fox.png? https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-artwork/-/blob/9b07772f...

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by 100011_100001 »

sercand wrote: post #30

This is why we left Gitlab. DevOps become center part of Gitlab which we don’t use and need any of those feature. We all need a code storage, code review, issue tracking and the CI/CD. We would pay advance features of those (epics, multiple assignee, etc) but we have to pay super expensive top tier which includes unnecessary DevOps stuff. We left and happy so far. We are using Kubernetes and custom DevOps tools but d…

This is happening everywhere. The current industry cycle is one of scope expansion, moving away from the do one thing well paradigm. This will lead to bloated software that do a little bit of everything but not very well, which will trigger the next industry cycle, of doing one thing well paradigm.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by RL_Quine »

john_cogs wrote: post #10
lekevicius wrote: post #5

Old logo was probably the cleverest rendering of a fox using very few lines. The new logo is a lot less smart, much more standard. Typography is also uninspiring: seems to be using Inter, which is designed to not have any character (pun not intended). Although, to be fair, old logo also had very basic typography.

The GitLab logo/mascot is actually a tanuki, a Japanese racoon dog. It symbolizes our values as a smart animal that works in a group to achieve a common goal.

Your logo is a fox to everyone though, doesn't really matter what the intent was.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by DoctorDabadedoo »

i_like_waiting wrote: post #21

>DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab Yeah, just had a call with them and they confirmed that for only VCS its not feasible to use their platform. What are people migrating to? I am looking at bitbucket again I guess.

I would probably look back at github (or gitea if self-hosted and you're looking for simplicity), bitbucket is a pile of features that almost work, but you're constantly reminded that you've seem better.

Commit control after PR decline/merge is one of them for me.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by bastardoperator »

john_cogs wrote: post #10
lekevicius wrote: post #5

Old logo was probably the cleverest rendering of a fox using very few lines. The new logo is a lot less smart, much more standard. Typography is also uninspiring: seems to be using Inter, which is designed to not have any character (pun not intended). Although, to be fair, old logo also had very basic typography.

The GitLab logo/mascot is actually a tanuki, a Japanese racoon dog. It symbolizes our values as a smart animal that works in a group to achieve a common goal.

Not going to lie, I just learned moments ago it wasn't a fox, and honestly looking at tanuki images on google, is still looks more like a fox then it does a tanuki. For me it's the colors throwing everything off.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by usrusr »

tomtheelder wrote: post #13
lekevicius wrote: post #5

Old logo was probably the cleverest rendering of a fox using very few lines. The new logo is a lot less smart, much more standard. Typography is also uninspiring: seems to be using Inter, which is designed to not have any character (pun not intended). Although, to be fair, old logo also had very basic typography.

I was never a fan of the almost like gemstone like angularity of the old one. For me the new one does a good job capturing the spirit and the silhouette while just feeling a bit... nicer. I don't really know how else to put it, it just feels a lot more pleasant to look at.

It's the opposite for me: the old one was playful with that gem/animal in-between, whereas in the new one only the animal part remains. And what's left of the gem-like lines makes it an animal with a mean/aggressive expression on its face.

It's funny how a few simple lines can create so much opinion, I certainly wouldn't want to imply that mine is more correct or something like that. I'm actually surprised myself, because if I was told "much like the old one, but with some curves replacing angularity" I certainly wouldn't have expected that outcome.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by bitwize »

RL_Quine wrote: post #43
john_cogs wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The GitLab logo/mascot is actually a tanuki, a Japanese racoon dog. It symbolizes our values as a smart animal that works in a group to achieve a common goal.

Your logo is a fox to everyone though, doesn't really matter what the intent was.

No worries, the tanuki and kitsune (fox) are often associated together, as friends or rivals, and have similar folkloric powers and trickster natures. In fact in recent Mario games, when he acquires a tanuki leaf, Luigi transforms into a kitsune.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by systemvoltage »

sercand wrote: post #30

This is why we left Gitlab. DevOps become center part of Gitlab which we don’t use and need any of those feature. We all need a code storage, code review, issue tracking and the CI/CD. We would pay advance features of those (epics, multiple assignee, etc) but we have to pay super expensive top tier which includes unnecessary DevOps stuff. We left and happy so far. We are using Kubernetes and custom DevOps tools but d…

What's the distinction between DevOps and CI/CD? I thought CI/CD is DevOps.

Re: Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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Post by dnsmichi »

i_like_waiting wrote: post #32
pyrophane wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean? Do they just not offer a plan that is cost effective for a source control only use case? I currently use their source control and CI features, and that's it. No issues.

There is free tier that will have limit of 5 users in June. The Free tier of GitLab SaaS will have a limit of 5 users per namespace beginning June 22, 2022 https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/03/24/efficient-free-tier...

Self-managed GitLab won't have this user limit. You can run GitLab EE without a license (which is the Free tier then), or GitLab CE (only open source components), on a cloud VM via Omnibus package installation or in Docker containers, in a Kubernetes cluster, or on a Raspberry Pi.

https://about.gitlab.com/install/

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