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Lots of layoffs ("re-evaluating our operational footprint") and switching to "agentic" processes. Target user is AI.

Anyone still hosting Gitlab?

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[โ€“] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I read this discussion on HackerNews they act like they're trapped and it would require moving the sun and the earth to switch over.

[โ€“] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah sounds like a big nothingburger to me. If you just use gitlab for private projects with basic pushing and pulling without any fancy gitlab features, switching is a matter of minutes.

Now, if you've built your entire company setup around gitlab and use everything they offer, yeah switching is gonna be a lot harder and will require more preparation. However, it's not impossible in the slightest. Even a large corporation with hundreds of developers could make a switch within 2 weeks.