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GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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I love both BitBucket and GitLab, have no issues with either.

I'm administrating a small-ish Gitlab server and we have to reboot it every week or else it will fail in random and weird ways due to OOM - the machine has 8GB of RAM and 20 active users, so WTF? Isn't the entire point of git to have one pretty dumb server acting as a file server and letting the client do the work?!

I believe that that is more of a Ruby runtime issue than a Gitlab issue.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

#22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm administrating a small-ish Gitlab server and we have to reboot it every week or else it will fail in random and weird ways due to OOM - the machine has 8GB of RAM and 20 active users, so WTF? Isn't the entire point of git to have one pretty dumb server acting as a file server and letting the client do the work?!

I believe that that is more of a Ruby runtime issue than a Gitlab issue.

Well why implement it in Ruby then if it's known that the environment is sensitive to OOM?

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

#23
post #16

I Hope to see GitLab, and other Truly Open Systems, replace GitHub as the go to place for source control

I used bitbucket for a long time because it did the job and it provided private repos. But after I had to start looking for another job, many employers wanted to see my github profile.

You can easily make your bitbucket projects public and show them off. No need to be conformed into using a given service.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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post #15

> "We’re trying to build a new kind of enterprise company where the playbooks of old won’t always work" By replacing flat meritocracy and remote work with traditional top-down management? > "don't think we'll succeed teaching white, male middle managers empathy and compassion anytime soon, so let's limit their scope of damage" So the technical director and member of the social-impact team is a blatant racist.

> So the technical director and member of the social-impact team is a blatant racist.

I had the same reaction. I'm surprised nobody else has noticed this and made a comment about it.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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I Hope to see GitLab, and other Truly Open Systems, replace GitHub as the go to place for source control

Why? I mean, I'm always happy to see competition keeping companies on their toes, but why do you actively want people to leave GitHub?

I am not the GP. To me, supporting GitHub is like supporting Jetbrains. I know they're good people. I know they're trying to do good things. However, I will always have a nagging feeling that wishes that the universe was somehow different and that their business model made it possible for them to freely and openly offer all their software.

I guess I can include things like Aerospike and even Gitlab in that group. I don't actively wish for them to succeed either. I am glad they exist and I actively use their products but I would not cheer for any of them.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love both BitBucket and GitLab, have no issues with either.

I'm administrating a small-ish Gitlab server and we have to reboot it every week or else it will fail in random and weird ways due to OOM - the machine has 8GB of RAM and 20 active users, so WTF? Isn't the entire point of git to have one pretty dumb server acting as a file server and letting the client do the work?!

GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket etc are not simply a GitServer, if that is all you want then there are better projects out there for that. hell basic ssh or http server can be used a gitserver with no front end at all or gitweb http://git-scm.com/docs/gitweb.html

GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket etc are project Management platforms that enable Bug Tracking, Documentation, Social networking all on top of and around basic git functions

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love both BitBucket and GitLab, have no issues with either.

I'm administrating a small-ish Gitlab server and we have to reboot it every week or else it will fail in random and weird ways due to OOM - the machine has 8GB of RAM and 20 active users, so WTF? Isn't the entire point of git to have one pretty dumb server acting as a file server and letting the client do the work?!

check out gogs https://gogs.io/

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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This article could have been written better. It has two themes going on. Github is restructuring and the lack of diversity in tech.

Why did they unnecessarily mention diversity in the context of the reorganization of github? Because that is the corporate BS that is popular to spout when you are redefining power within your company. Make no mistake github is doing restructuring to position themselves for large corporate contracts, NOT to be a more diverse workplace.

Using injustice to whitewash your redefined power structure is disingenuous.

sad to see github losing its way = (

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

#29
post #5

> With plenty of competitors, including Atlassian, GitLab, and even Google, one thing is certain: If GitHub does stumble, there are plenty of companies that want to pick up its slack. Atlassian? Oh god. Their software might be ideal for corporate beancounters and expensive consultants, but for everyone else it's a nightmare. GitLab? A pile of memory leaks and other weirdness. Google? Not so much, I highly doubt they'…

Atlassian bitbucket is fine for me, and it gives free private repos. If you just want something for side projects without all of the bells and whistles, bitbucket is fine

Shame they lack any way to discover active forks that is as useful as the GitHub network graph widget.
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