They once were a promising alternative to MS GitHub but now they’re going down the same route.
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Is every mother fucker just going bat shit insane this year? Goddamn it.
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Just like everyone has already done I'd also recommend Codeberg/Forgejo👌
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.
If you don't want to host something yourself, check codeberg
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%...
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 in general having a weekly 8hr maintenance window is not optimal.
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Codeberg for hosted, Forgejo for selfhosted.
They are great.
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- Software will be built by machines, directed by people.
- 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.
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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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.
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I don't think that they've used enough buzzwords.
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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This reads almost like a parody.
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!"
Gitlab CEO - 16 years in Microsoft, Gitlab CTO - 13 years in Microsoft
Can we say Microsoft Gitlab ?
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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.
Ouch. My company was just about to start moving over to GitLab off of Atlassian.
That makes sense, since Gitlab seems to be trying to challenge Atlassian. In who manages to make worse software...
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
with beet and hookers
I work on Jellyfin, but don't like beets. Do I need to fork again?
"Software will be built by machines, directed by people."
Oh my lord. Is this a delayed April Fools post?
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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
I care deeply for the customer and the business health
Sure bud
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.
Forgeo?
The enterprise features we rely on do not exist in Forgejo last time I checked (8 months ago). Maybe it improved. Hell, my company would probably even be onboard moving to Forgejo if we can get a support contract with them and some of the enterprise features we rely upon (SCIM being the main one).
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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...
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Forgejo is great.
All I see is layoffs and creating office space to force people to go to office. Well RIP Gitlab.
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?
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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Shameful behaviour.
An almost inevitable result of venture capital, IMHO.
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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