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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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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 107 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They once were a promising alternative to MS GitHub but now they’re going down the same route.

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[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 80 points 2 months ago

Just like everyone has already done I'd also recommend Codeberg/Forgejo👌

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago

Is every mother fucker just going bat shit insane this year? Goddamn it.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 58 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Oh god that is so cringe. Just getting into coding i have no idea what to use as an online repo. I dont want to use github because microsoft but i want the basic repo collaboration features to be available cloning, pull requests, issues etc.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 105 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you don't want to host something yourself, check codeberg

[–] pluge@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I like codeberg and have no plans on migrating away from it, but their codeberg Pages product is...weak to say the least. There's very frequent downtime. I had multiple users reach out to me letting me know my site was down... embarrassing. I set up kuma uptime checks on it, and now I see when the outages happen.

Forget "four 9's" or anything close to that....my 30 day uptime is a measley 91%...

[–] sonstwas@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They communicate that openly tho:

Regular maintenance window: We're meeting every Tuesday starting 18.00 Berlin time (currently 17.00 UTC), lasting up to 8 hours. While we announce large scheduled downtimes in advance, there might be minor interruptions due to maintenance work happening during the meeting. Please be patient in this case.

https://status.codeberg.org/status/codeberg

Not sure if that's also for the Pages feature, but I'm general having a weekly 8hr maintenance window is not optimal.

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[–] Legianus@programming.dev 56 points 2 months ago (33 children)
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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Codeberg for hosted, Forgejo for selfhosted.

They are great.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Codeberg or sourcehut.

Gitlab was always cringe.

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[–] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. Software will be built by machines, directed by people.
  1. The agentic era multiplies demand for software. As the cost of producing software collapses, demand for it will expand.

objectively insane.

Governance built into the core.

I still believe that's not possible, but that's only my opinion.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As the cost of producing software collapses, demand for it will expand.

This part actually makes sense. Plenty of software doesn't get written because it's just easier or cheaper to do without it. It's why BPM tools exist. Simplify the coding process and you can solve problems more cheaply.

I also think this will kill BPM tools. Why use BPM tooling when creating a real app is just as easy and more customizable?

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[–] YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

lol I just created my gitlab account today to get away from github and after reading this the account has been scheduled for deletion and now I have a new account with Codeberg. When are these dipshits going to learn that we don't want AI in our workflows? I am capable of breaking things on my own, but at least when I break things I will learn from it.

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago (9 children)
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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This reads almost like a parody.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago

The only large mainstream competitor, which would probably benefit from github's troubles: "We saw github breaking itself regularly because of it's own slop coding AND flooded with trash vibe coded projects and thought - that's where we wanna be!"

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't think that they've used enough buzzwords.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Increased buzzword utilization is part of their go forward strategy that begins implementation in Q3 pending socialization of relevant KPI. obviously.

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[–] vane@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Gitlab CEO - 16 years in Microsoft, Gitlab CTO - 13 years in Microsoft
Can we say Microsoft Gitlab ?

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[–] TAG@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ouch. My company was just about to start moving over to GitLab off of Atlassian.

[–] ell1e@leminal.space 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense, since Gitlab seems to be trying to challenge Atlassian. In who manages to make worse software...

[–] Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (5 children)

We use atlassian at my job and I hate it

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always love to see companies do this with a semi open source product with investors

The code gets closed, a small clump of users split off, make their own version with beet and hookers, and soon the vast majority of the users following because the real open source one is so awesome

That was jellyfin's story, but this is a variation on that and I've seen this story many times now

Bye bye gitlab,rest in pieces

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

with beet and hookers

I work on Jellyfin, but don't like beets. Do I need to fork again?

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

They endlessly tooted their horn about their diversity and fully remote operations. So this is pretty rich.

“This isn’t cost cutting” Oh, fuck off. This is trimming the fat before they try to look for a buyer again.

[–] arcine@jlai.lu 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some examples of the mindset we expect every team member to embody:

  • I take pride in my work because it delivers real outcomes

fucking drones

[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

I care deeply for the customer and the business health

Sure bud

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sucks, I manage GitLab in our company and it’s been difficult to maintain already without the vibe coded shit updates that break everything. I’ll need to see what are our options our but my assumption is that there aren’t any.

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[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 months ago (5 children)

"Software will be built by machines, directed by people."

Oh my lord. Is this a delayed April Fools post?

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[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This is why we built and released the Duo Agent Platform in January. Our first quarter adoption is promising, and we're ready to accelerate.

This is so weird. They gave a Duo presentation at our company and I was a bit second hand embarrassed because it's just bad.

Anyway, the stock price will probably go up after this announcement...

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] vane@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All I see is layoffs and creating office space to force people to go to office. Well RIP Gitlab.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago

The only upside I see is their stock has fallen since this announcement. Perhaps the market is finally getting that companies pushing AI isn't a universal good thing?

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Forgejo is great.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Still hosting gitlab.

The CI on forgejo is, unfortunately, nowhere near as good.

Given how long gitlab has been struggling to fix basic bugs and instead creeping into features - hello-oo bloated and slow vscode-like web editor and non-ephemeral runner management - I'm not sure they have any staff left to let go. But it's nice they found an excuse to shed their remaining talent and avoid complete stock devaluation.

The planning is happening openly, including a voluntary separation window.

"We don't understand how the Dead Sea Effect works, and we want to super-size the damage.". Okay. Bill.

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[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago

An almost inevitable result of venture capital, IMHO.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ok what are we going to call them now? Gitslop? Sloplab?

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Gitlab deleted ☢️ Selfhosting ♻️

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We are uniquely positioned to not only participate, but to lead in our category where the TAM is exploding at a step function rate.

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