<![CDATA[rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/]]>rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a6c8b373-a9ed-4c25-83b6-b5072ae3ed7f/rip-to-gitlab-who-have-decided-to-destroy-their-entire-business-for-no-reason-https-about.gitlab.com-blog-gitlab-act-2RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:09:05 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 07:13:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:54:55 GMT]]>@jacqueline “Software will be built by machines, directed by people”

So what do people need gitlab for then?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116081745495211516/statuses/116562178598763766https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116081745495211516/statuses/116562178598763766Tue, 12 May 2026 14:54:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:50:33 GMT]]>@jacqueline the first time i heard MicroShit bought it, i was done there. I just setup an open to all VCS on MPAQ. We REFUSE to let AI in our network INCLUDING  "spell check". All of that shit is band on our systems. We write 100% of our own code. One of our team is in the middle of https://voip.mpaq.org

With that said, SELF HOST or look for something like https://vcs.mpaq.org

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KREAP35PDWCR107T9WVG6FXNhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KREAP35PDWCR107T9WVG6FXNTue, 12 May 2026 14:50:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:49:29 GMT]]>@qgustavor @Natanox @mcv @jacqueline @Codeberg I use github actions in several projects - I simply mirror them from codeberg to github 😄 Codeberg can be configured to do that.

A temporary solution.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/placebo/statuses/116562157224137820https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/placebo/statuses/116562157224137820Tue, 12 May 2026 14:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:44:45 GMT]]>@jacqueline my god. These consultants that are pushing every business over the same cliff need to be placed against the wall

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ATLeagle/statuses/116562138622671492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ATLeagle/statuses/116562138622671492Tue, 12 May 2026 14:44:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:30:29 GMT]]>@Natanox @lunarloony @jacqueline wonder if they have anyone in France. They might be shocked to find out that it's not as easy in some countries to do layoffs for no reason as it is in the land of the free

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116562082493424479https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116562082493424479Tue, 12 May 2026 14:30:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:28:37 GMT]]>@jacqueline SMDH at the idea that we need more volume of software. No, we need *better* software.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mathling/statuses/116562075156444759https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mathling/statuses/116562075156444759Tue, 12 May 2026 14:28:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:27:05 GMT]]>@badrihippo @jacqueline

Unraveling the corporate speak, it might be worse than just letting people go for some 'efficiency'.

'Reduced footprints' like they describe happen by shrinking what's costing them in more than just money, and in whichever locations they already perceive to be ineffective or have a known impediment to saying yes to this new strategy.

They expected pushback as they set this up and want to lop off the trouble spots and gain loyalty from fear of it happening to others.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lumiworx/statuses/116562069144405337https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lumiworx/statuses/116562069144405337Tue, 12 May 2026 14:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:18:36 GMT]]>@emma @jacqueline stock almost 10% down since the announcement

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bluememon/statuses/116562035759703974https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bluememon/statuses/116562035759703974Tue, 12 May 2026 14:18:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:17:52 GMT]]>@jacqueline i wonder what it is that makes everyone step on this AI rake.
even companies that go “we’re not going to fuck up the same way our competitors are” are fucking up the same way their competitors were.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://clockwork.monster/users/lilacperegrine/statuses/116562032871868267https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://clockwork.monster/users/lilacperegrine/statuses/116562032871868267Tue, 12 May 2026 14:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:57:33 GMT]]>@Skye @jacqueline That sounds about right, yes.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.debian.social/objects/d169b2ef-9248-40f5-bf19-60013bdd6780https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.debian.social/objects/d169b2ef-9248-40f5-bf19-60013bdd6780Tue, 12 May 2026 13:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:32:20 GMT]]>@jacqueline Smacks of principals taking the money and running, while obvious collapses of numerous supportive disintegration comes to a head. If you have similar investments, get out while you can.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115486547681086524/statuses/116561853853071540https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115486547681086524/statuses/116561853853071540Tue, 12 May 2026 13:32:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:27:54 GMT]]>@mono @andreas @jacqueline If that's your thing you're suffering from psychosis, get help

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115628614496668967/statuses/116561836398410377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115628614496668967/statuses/116561836398410377Tue, 12 May 2026 13:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:12:26 GMT]]>@jacqueline @phl It is probably demoting people in the hopes they leave before they fire them

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/hugoestr/statuses/116561775590036398https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/hugoestr/statuses/116561775590036398Tue, 12 May 2026 13:12:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:11:48 GMT]]>@gabrielmarkley the whole ChatGPT situation made me feel happy about my decision to switch to GitLab back when GitHub was acquired by Microsoft all those years ago

And now this is making me feel good about my decision to ditch GitLab, too, in favour of Codeberg, Disroot's Forgejo instance, and other Forgejo's around the world

Looks like I'm somehow always a step ahead of the game

@jacqueline @forgejo

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561773094460579https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561773094460579Tue, 12 May 2026 13:11:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:10:32 GMT]]>@placebo @Natanox @mcv @jacqueline @Codeberg if anything, I hope donations increase and people write guides on how to migrate to them.

I'm stuck at GitHub because I use a lot of their Actions for NPM deploying. NPM made it harder to deploy from Codeberg claiming "security reasons", reducing token durations a lot and providing an alternative authentication method which isn't compatible with Codeberg, so I will have to find another distribution platform for my projects. The best option I found until now is distributing using HTTP and Grebedoc, but it has lots of drawbacks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/qgustavor/statuses/116561768130819590https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/qgustavor/statuses/116561768130819590Tue, 12 May 2026 13:10:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:09:25 GMT]]>@kalviter @jacqueline We are at that point in the investor game where investors are correctly ignoring the AI nonsense and recognizing a failing company doing layoffs to try to fix their numbers

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/hugoestr/statuses/116561763742909140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/hugoestr/statuses/116561763742909140Tue, 12 May 2026 13:09:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:08:46 GMT]]>@Natanox alternative way to help out: I'm not in a position to donate, but I am in a position to selfhost and use other Forgejo installations. I think people who are able to do this could help out in that way too, because it'd reduce the load on Codeberg and free up space for people who really need it?

(But yes, do donate if you can, in addition or otherwise)

@mcv @jacqueline @Codeberg

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561761187034000https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561761187034000Tue, 12 May 2026 13:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:06:14 GMT]]>@jacqueline what i got from reading that article is that bill staples is to blame

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561751236854315https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561751236854315Tue, 12 May 2026 13:06:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:05:39 GMT]]>@lumiworx also "Reduced operational footprint" makes it sound like "We'll fire people in less privileged countries that have fewer tech workers and double down on the ones where there are many people already"?

> We’re reducing our country footprint because operating in nearly 60 countries does not allow us to give every team member a great experience. We anticipate reducing the number of countries by 30% focused on geos where we have only a handful of people or fewer.

@jacqueline

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561748914105969https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116561748914105969Tue, 12 May 2026 13:05:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:03:42 GMT]]>@Igigog @jacqueline They sure will use AI for those changes, so, uptime and safety will suffer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/qgustavor/statuses/116561741265354468https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/qgustavor/statuses/116561741265354468Tue, 12 May 2026 13:03:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:56:20 GMT]]>@jacqueline Wow, thrown away their key differentiator!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116561712264226890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116561712264226890Tue, 12 May 2026 12:56:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:25:31 GMT]]>@ansuz @jacqueline
equal lefts to all da rights, ... as long as there 's something left to live for, all be good ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116019782201696634/statuses/116561591087503917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116019782201696634/statuses/116561591087503917Tue, 12 May 2026 12:25:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:24:14 GMT]]>@Skye @jacqueline
the absurdity of assumed superiority prevents actual intelligent questioning to da point of being suicidal, that king of da moon scene in Gilliam's "adventures of baron munchausen" over & over & over again ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116019782201696634/statuses/116561586063123278https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116019782201696634/statuses/116561586063123278Tue, 12 May 2026 12:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to rip to gitlab, who have decided to destroy their entire business for no reason https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:21:35 GMT]]>@jacqueline

I'm so sick of that "we need to move fast" mentallity. Why would we need that? What's the point? If anything I want (need!) a slower world.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Beldarak/statuses/116561575611033611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Beldarak/statuses/116561575611033611Tue, 12 May 2026 12:21:35 GMT