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Re: Gitlab is down

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Post by YorickPeterse »

overcast wrote: post #26

Gitlab is praised for being transparent in everything they do, so where is the backup infrastructure policy that they should now have in place? I'd like to see that situation proven resolved before we discuss rewriting their front end with Vue.js and any other new deployments.

It's still being written: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/..., in the mean time quite a bit of work is underway, see the issues mentioned in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/issues/1108 for more info.

Re: Gitlab is down

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Post by tdkl »

johnnycarcin wrote: post #16

Unfortunately, events like this are one of the reasons I never was able to go all in on Gitlab. When I first started trying it out the performance was not great (it is pretty good these days though) and they just seemed to have more of these smallish events. I realize Github also has problems but it feels like they are much less frequent. I don't have any data to back that up though. Either way, went self hosted rece…

Self-hosted is one of the main selling points of Gitlab software.

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#34

Post by atemerev »

scaryclam wrote: post #24
shakna wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GitLab.com is a testing platform for their Enterprise version. If you want to guarantee reliability you need to pay for hosting or self-host. Otherwise, there are quite a few competitors in this market with 99.99%+ guarantees.

If this is even remotely true, they need to put that on the front page, in really big letters.

Why should they?

Re: Gitlab is down

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Post by tdkl »

scaryclam wrote: post #24
shakna wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GitLab.com is a testing platform for their Enterprise version. If you want to guarantee reliability you need to pay for hosting or self-host. Otherwise, there are quite a few competitors in this market with 99.99%+ guarantees.

If this is even remotely true, they need to put that on the front page, in really big letters.

The letters are F, R, E and another E.

Re: Gitlab is down

#37

Post by johnnycarcin »

tdkl wrote: post #32
johnnycarcin wrote: post #16

Unfortunately, events like this are one of the reasons I never was able to go all in on Gitlab. When I first started trying it out the performance was not great (it is pretty good these days though) and they just seemed to have more of these smallish events. I realize Github also has problems but it feels like they are much less frequent. I don't have any data to back that up though. Either way, went self hosted rece…

Self-hosted is one of the main selling points of Gitlab software.

For sure and that's one of the reasons I think they have a chance of at least getting to the same level as Github. I've actually worked at two fortune 500 companies that are using the self hosted Gitlab which to me says a lot, I just wish the hosted option was a bit more... stable.

Re: Gitlab is down

#38

Post by cptskippy »

ploggingdev wrote: post #20

I get the impression that Gitlab focuses a little too much on releasing new features at a rapid pace with every release. Maybe they should spend more time on running their infrastructure reliably and getting their engineering practices up to speed. The recent events will raise a red flag with enterprises who might be potential Gitlab customers and that directly affects their bottomline.

I questioned their engineering competence during their last outage and the general responses I got were very dismissive. Gitlabs were able to spin the last disaster into a publicity stun with the live streaming but I feel like that was a fluke. Bro coding and "openness" will only garner you so much good will with paying customers who are more concerned with availability.

The unavailability of a code repository might be more of an inconvenience for a single developer but in an enterprise environment with teams of coders being able to quickly disseminate code changes can be critical. The unavailability of a source repository becomes a huge liability and a waste of man hours.

Re: Gitlab is down

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Post by xena »

cptskippy wrote: post #38
ploggingdev wrote: post #20

I get the impression that Gitlab focuses a little too much on releasing new features at a rapid pace with every release. Maybe they should spend more time on running their infrastructure reliably and getting their engineering practices up to speed. The recent events will raise a red flag with enterprises who might be potential Gitlab customers and that directly affects their bottomline.

I questioned their engineering competence during their last outage and the general responses I got were very dismissive. Gitlabs were able to spin the last disaster into a publicity stun with the live streaming but I feel like that was a fluke. Bro coding and "openness" will only garner you so much good will with paying customers who are more concerned with availability. The unavailability of a code repository might…

If you are relying on something for your business that you paid nothing for, you get your money's worth.
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