Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor • Hacker News Board

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by joeblau » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:27 PM UTC

etjossem wrote: post #7

joeblau wrote: post #6

I can't read... whoops!

s/GitHub/GitLab?

Hah you're right. I can't read!

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by nathancahill » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:29 PM UTC

sytse wrote: post #8

jrgifford wrote: post #3

Wow. The Lab vs Hub wars just got interesting.

Does 'The Lab vs Hub wars' read like a J. R. R. Tolkien book title for other people too?

More like a Neal Stephenson title I think.

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by sshconnection » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:30 PM UTC

Awaiting a "GitLab advisor here" comment from him...

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by holman » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:31 PM UTC

sshconnection wrote: post #13

Awaiting a "GitLab advisor here" comment from him...

GitLab advisor here!

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by sytse » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:33 PM UTC

holman wrote: post #14

sshconnection wrote: post #13

Awaiting a "GitLab advisor here" comment from him...

GitLab advisor here!

:) I'm still waiting for my GitLab CEO here t-shirt.

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:33 PM UTC

Isn't Holman the harasser dude?

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by grandalf » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:34 PM UTC

GFK_of_xmaspast wrote: post #16

Isn't Holman the harasser dude?

No, he left Github long before that stuff happened.

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by koolba » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:43 PM UTC

In the words of M. Night Shyamalan, "What a twist!"

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by Smudge » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:44 PM UTC

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 same for GitLab. (Minus the firing.)

Re: Zach Holman joins GitLab as advisor

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Post by Camillo » Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:45 PM UTC

holman wrote: post #14

sshconnection wrote: post #13

Awaiting a "GitLab advisor here" comment from him...

GitLab advisor here!

Congratulations on the new picture, by the way. There was something deeply off-putting about that smirk you had before. (Not trying to troll, just giving you some feedback you may not otherwise get.)