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GitLab Act 2 - A letter to our customers and our investors.

2026-05-12 07:31 UTC

Lots of layoffs (“re-evaluating our operational footprint”) and switching to “agentic” processes. Target user is AI. Anyone still hosting Gitlab?

Replies (31)

  • @Dirk@lemmy.ml 2026-05-12 07:34

    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👌

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  • @Fizz@lemmy.nz 2026-05-12 07:40

    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.

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  • @it_depends_man@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 08:57

    >1. Software will be built by machines, directed by people. >2. 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.

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  • @YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 16:41

    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.

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  • This reads almost like a parody.

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  • @vane@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 16:29

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

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  • @sleepmode@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 00:47

    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.

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  • @TAG@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 11:28

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

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  • @arcine@jlai.lu 2026-05-12 13:37

    Idiotic. Use codeberg.

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  • @phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2026-05-12 15:53

    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

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  • @1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2026-05-12 16:31

    "Software will be built by machines, directed by people." Oh my lord. Is this a delayed April Fools post?

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  • @myrmidex@belgae.social 2026-05-12 08:17

    > 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

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  • @the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 2026-05-12 09:45

    > 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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  • @CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 20:40

    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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  • @vane@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 08:14

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

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  • @demizerone@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 07:06

    Forgejo is great.

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  • @Thorry@feddit.org 2026-05-12 12:30

    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?

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  • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2026-05-12 13:25

    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 2026-05-12 08:08

    Shameful behaviour.

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  • @nialv7@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 09:48

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

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  • @fubarx@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 02:40

    > _We are uniquely positioned to not only participate, but to lead in our category where the TAM is exploding at a step function rate._ ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d17f094c-c73e-475c-8163-e061b38b9e38.gif)

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  • @esc@piefed.social 2026-05-12 07:57

    Gitlab and gitlab-ci really are great and easy to support with little problems as long as you update regularly. It really does look cringe, but they always were chasing current dumb thing relentlesly.

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  • @goatinspace@feddit.org 2026-05-12 16:44

    Gitlab deleted ☢️ Selfhosting ♻️

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  • @Solrac@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 13:26

    For fucks sake... Is Sourcehut ok for private projects?

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  • @yggstyle@lemmy.world 2026-05-12 23:02

    >GitLab ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/404a08f2-cdbd-403e-9ee6-0a7ea1ad9054.gif)

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  • @boraginoru@lemmy.zip 2026-05-13 20:13

    Hmm I transferred a lot of my stuff from GitHub to GitLab a while ago mainly because of the free private repos. Was thinking about moving fully off GitHub but glad I waited 🙃 Still going to do it but gotta figure out which providers actually have their heads somewhere other than up their ass

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  • @Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2026-05-12 08:30

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread: Fewer Letters | More Letters ---|--- DNS | Domain Name Service/System Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code IP | Internet Protocol NAT | Network Address Translation Plex | Brand of media server package SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access ---------------- 6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms. [Thread #285 for this comm, first seen 12th May 2026, 08:30] [[FAQ](http://decronym.xyz/)] [[Full list](http://decronym.xyz/acronyms/selfhosted@lemmy_world)] [[Contact](https://hachyderm.io/@Two9A)] [[Source code](https://gist.github.com/Two9A/1d976f9b7441694162c8)]

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  • @makeshift0546@lemmy.today 2026-05-12 10:35

    I like AI and use it. This post was just sad. What a crazy way to announce you don't have an AI product while saying your product is dead.

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