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GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by locknitpicker »

solid_fuel wrote: post #172
u_fucking_dork wrote: post #98

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Calling it text autocomplete is played out and really just makes you look bad at this point.

It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence.

> It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence.

Last year this level of ignorance and cluelessness was amusing. Nowadays it's just sad and disappointing. It's like looking at a computer and downplaying it as something that just flips switches on and off.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by itake »

this_user wrote: post #128
pargon wrote: post #74

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> 8 layers of management is a lot of management Seems like a fair assessment. Maybe they should start by getting rid of the people who put that structure in place?

Didn't they do that? Staples only came in as CEO at the end of 2024, and I assume he has been working on a plan to restructure the company since then. Because their financials are not great, and they have been losing money every year since 2019.

I don't know about gitlab, but tech companies (Meta and Grab) tend to hack off the bottom of the management chain, instead of cutting off the top (aka as the people that created the 8 layer system).

bottom level teams are merged to form larger teams.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by nullsanity »

u_fucking_dork wrote: post #98
ai_fry_ur_brain wrote: post #77

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Let these people keep betting their companies, futures and net competency on text autocomplete. The future is bright for me and everyone else that isn't falling for it.

Calling it text autocomplete is played out and really just makes you look bad at this point.

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Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by fancy_pantser »

jaccola wrote: post #251
solid_fuel wrote: post #172

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It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence.

“But they’ve added RL so…!!!” You are obviously right and I see examples of it everywhere. E.g I asked Claude opus 4.7 (the latest/greatest) the other day “is a Rimworld year 60 days?”. The reply (paraphrased) “No, a Rimworld year is 4 seasons each of 15 days which is 60 days total”. Equally, it gets confused about what is a mod or vanilla since it is just predicting based on what it read on forums, which are clearly…

Maybe there was more in the context before that question? I just copy-pasted that question into Opus 4.7 and it replied:

    Yes. A RimWorld year is 60 days, split into four 15-day quadrums (Aprimay, Jugust, Septober, Decembary), each corresponding to a season.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by tomjen3 »

u_fucking_dork wrote: post #98
ai_fry_ur_brain wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let these people keep betting their companies, futures and net competency on text autocomplete. The future is bright for me and everyone else that isn't falling for it.

Calling it text autocomplete is played out and really just makes you look bad at this point.

I've used this text autocomplete to autocomplete me a Python setup and to autocomplete automatically running it.

It that scrapes Hn it works. Ironically, it's why I'm here.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by locknitpicker »

tux wrote: post #370
solid_fuel wrote: post #172

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It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence.

AI is a text autocomplete. This is tge best AI definition i heard and agree with 100% Thank you.

> AI is a text autocomplete. This is tge best AI definition i heard and agree with 100% Thank you.

To believe that first you would have to ignore tool calling, ReAct loops, and the whole agent feature. That would be silly.

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by npodbielski »

ai_fry_ur_brain wrote: post #84
herpdyderp wrote: post #78

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Right? I was seriously considering migrating everything in our company from GitHub to GitLab. Now I'm seriously considering self hosting our git instead.

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Wow people do not know that?

Re: GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

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Post by siva7 »

locknitpicker wrote: post #431
solid_fuel wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence.

> It's literally text autocomplete. You can dress it up however you want but it takes input text and outputs the most likely next sequence. Last year this level of ignorance and cluelessness was amusing. Nowadays it's just sad and disappointing. It's like looking at a computer and downplaying it as something that just flips switches on and off.

Gitlab is looking to lay off people like him. All major tech companies are currently raiding to fire such employees.
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