Gitlab reducing free tier CI/CD minutes from 2000 to 400 minutes

Post by itsrajju » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 11:03 AM UTC

jchw wrote: post #41

bachmeier wrote: post #16

Their existing policy has never made sense to me. You can only give away so much stuff on a free plan. I don't think CI/CD is cheap. Buying extra minutes for $10 (not per month) is completely reasonable. At some point I feel uncomfortable using a free plan that is obviously unsustainable.

I think a good free tier still makes sense as long as it seems sustainable overall. For example, if a lot of people are willing to pay for at least a basic plan, I feel a little better. I think for CI/CD having a generous free tier is great because it makes it easier for people to get started and really dig into a project, not to mention the obvious benefit to open source that works as a continuous PR machine. Practi…

Post by IshKebab » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 11:57 AM UTC

rumanator wrote: post #148

oehtXRwMkIs wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plus Rust by design avoids all sorts of bugs leading to less tests imo. Python for example you really want a lot of testing, maybe even contracts, but with Rust I find that many of those tests are irrelevant.

> Plus Rust by design avoids all sorts of bugs leading to less tests imo. This assertion on the amount to tests makes no sense at all. Tests are not about language features. Tests are about checking invariantes, checking input and output bounds, and checking behavior. Tests focus on the interface, not the implementation. Tests only work if test coverage is high.

Post by tyeager » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

nakedgremlin wrote: post #90

Does anyone know how to see historical runner usage on GitLab? I'm digging into the interface, and I only see current month usage, no ability to go back to previous months. With this reduction news, I thought the interface would have updated with better details.