[HN Gopher] Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO
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Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO
Author : tolerable
Score : 53 points
Date : 2024-12-05 21:36 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| stavros wrote:
| I was a huge Gitlab fan until their pricing change. I don't
| remember the pricing specifics, but the tier breakdown was such
| that you could introduce GitLab for free to a company that used
| Github, use it alongside Github, and slowly switch repo by repo,
| which was a very effective strategy (I used it in a few companies
| I joined).
|
| After the pricing change, you had to start paying immediately
| (from the 6th user onwards or something), which made it a
| nonstarter because no company would start immediately paying for
| a Github replacement they didn't even know they wanted.
|
| Together with Github being priced very cheaply, plus having free
| private repos, plus having the entire OSS world on it (for my OSS
| projects), I switched to it and never looked back.
| tapoxi wrote:
| Sid was diagnosed with osteosarcoma a while back, so hopefully
| he's on the road to recovery but stepping down isn't usually a
| sign things are going smoothly.
| Macha wrote:
| At first I saw "to focus on his health" and assumed it was
| typical PR speak to cover someone asked to leave, but the amount
| of detail on sytse's cancer makes it seem otherwise. I'd noticed
| he wasn't as often active in Gitlab related threads, and I guess
| that explains that too. Hope the recovery continues to go well.
|
| ---
|
| I do think the change in leadership is probably more a
| continuation of Gitlab moving from a developer focused company to
| one focused on enterprise sales, so the product is probably going
| to continue to feel less interesting for me. They were pretty
| innovative in how open they were, so I hope at least some of that
| survives.
| tolerable wrote:
| Good luck sytse. We love you!
| 1propionyl wrote:
| > What started as a collaboration tool for developers is now the
| leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform.
|
| Uh...
| tyre wrote:
| > GitLab Inc., (NASDAQ: GTLB), the most comprehensive AI-powered
| DevSecOps platform
| cedws wrote:
| The what?
| dijit wrote:
| You know... the disruptive, game-changing tech company
| redefining source code hosting for the modern enterprise.
| Their cloud-native, next-gen platform is engineered for
| scalable, seamless integration with your DevOps pipeline,
| delivering end-to-end automation and real-time collaboration.
| Powered by AI-driven insights and built for maximum uptime,
| they offer enterprise-grade security, unmatched
| interoperability, and hyper-optimized CI/CD workflows. With a
| global, distributed infrastructure, they guarantee future-
| proof performance that accelerates your agile transformation
| --because your innovation deserves nothing less than
| excellence.
|
| or.. something.
| richbell wrote:
| No single pane of glass is a deal-breaker for me, sorry.
| aestetix wrote:
| Maybe now they will change their stupid pricing plan and let
| people pay monthly.
|
| Edit: I did not see before that Sid had cancer. I send him wishes
| for a good recovery!
| jlengrand wrote:
| "Not CEO of Gitlab here", for those who have been here long
| enough to recognize this. Really hope you're doing ok buddy.
| burnte wrote:
| They would have hired Bill Posters but he's being prosecuted.
| griomnib wrote:
| The photos look like an AI was given the prompt "tech ceo,
| headshot, for press release".
| Lammy wrote:
| 50/50 chance to generate one looking directly at the camera, or
| one in 3/4 view where one hand is holding a microphone with the
| other palm extended toward unseen audience.
| luuurker wrote:
| Cancer... hope the treatment is working well and wish you a full
| recovery.
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