Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab

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.

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

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Post by nicoburns » Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 4:00 PM UTC

cabalamat wrote: post #4

Does this mean I can ewrite a web app, put the source on GitLab and have GitLab run the web app (ideally with very minimal hassle)? If not, what does it mean? What is Gitlab letting me do now than (a) it didn't do before (b) Github doesn't do?

It means that a big part Gitlab's offering is now things like CI, whereas originally it was just code hosting.

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

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Post by jaimehrubiks » Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 4:11 PM UTC

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.

Wow you're right, old one is impressive, I like it much more, and to me, it even resembles more a fox than the new one. Never thought about how cool those few lines can represent a fox so well and with personality.

Although I admit the concept and spirit of the new change makes sense.

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

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Post by 0xbadcafebee » Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 4:11 PM UTC

cabalamat wrote: post #4

Does this mean I can ewrite a web app, put the source on GitLab and have GitLab run the web app (ideally with very minimal hassle)? If not, what does it mean? What is Gitlab letting me do now than (a) it didn't do before (b) Github doesn't do?

A year or two ago the industry decided everything had to be 'a platform'. This is them saying "we too will chase industry trends for cash. we have a platform!!! bring us your money". The branding/logo thing... I guess is to reinforce to potential customers that they do more than host code, I dunno. Nobody understands what DevOps means so I'm not sure why they'd lean into that.

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

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Post by john_cogs » Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 4:12 PM UTC

cabalamat wrote: post #4

Does this mean I can ewrite a web app, put the source on GitLab and have GitLab run the web app (ideally with very minimal hassle)? If not, what does it mean? What is Gitlab letting me do now than (a) it didn't do before (b) Github doesn't do?

GitLab team member here.

You may want to check out (and sign up as a beta tester) for Cloud Seed, an open-source program led by GitLab Incubation Engineering in collaboration with Google Cloud: https://hello.cloudseed.app/

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

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Post by john_cogs » Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

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.