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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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Post by grk »

protomyth wrote: post #10

uhm... So a company that is an enabler of developers working from anywhere and collaborating on code doesn't have at its core value working remotely? I find that a bit hard to believe, but I guess I've heard stranger things. I guess I just expect as a matter of dogfooding that a company that strives to do great distributed source code control and all the activities surroundings that would live the remove lifestyle.

It's enabling developers to work from anywhere. That doesn't mean this approach works for management.

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

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Post by nickbauman »

mschuster91 wrote: post #13
the_ancient wrote: post #7

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?!

Try using JRuby instead of the MRI.

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

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Post by giaour »

mschuster91 wrote: post #13
the_ancient wrote: post #7

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?!

You might want to check out Gogs. https://gogs.io/

It doesn't have Gitlab's extra features, but it makes a great, lightweight dumb server.

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

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Post by lubonay »

mschuster91 wrote: post #13
the_ancient wrote: post #7

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?!

We run a Gitlab server at our company, with about 25 people using it to host their repos. I don't know the technical specs of the server, but it's only been down two times for the last year, so OOM seems unlikely. If it was that horrid, I'm pretty sure the admin would have said something by now.

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

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Post by mschuster91 »

the_ancient wrote: post #26
mschuster91 wrote: post #13

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?!

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 funct…

No matter what extra functions, 20 users and 8 GB RAM is way out of proportions.

Especially these days where everything is done on the client and the server only has to run a simple API!

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

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Post by hitekker »

iza wrote: 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.

This makes me sad.

I thought you were being over the top about the racism but then I saw the slides in the article: http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/56b3d2462e526543008...

My first reaction is that the language of "us" vs "them", victims vs oppressors, reeks of hatred. Hatred undermines productive conversation, which undermines any attempt at building a good culture.

I would have to listen to the whole presentation before I render final judgement.

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

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Post by audessuscest »

mschuster91 wrote: post #4

> 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'…

Actually Gitlab could be a replacement, I use it with 10 dev team + customers and we have absolutely no problem.

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

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Post by giaour »

radicalbyte wrote: post #21
mschuster91 wrote: post #13

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.

A memory leak would be an application issue, not a language issue.
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