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It gave me a job, a company, and a sense of purpose. In 2012 I did a Show HN for GitLab.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278 https://news.ycombinato

by sytse 9y ago

It gave me a job, a company, and a sense of purpose. In 2012 I did a Show HN for GitLab.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278 Today we are 1800 contributors and a company of 220 on a mission to ensure that everyone can contribute.

kossae 9y ago
You have definitely constructed a great piece of software. GitLab has been a godsend for development workflows at our organization, and I’ve been watching it since that same Show HN so congratulations! That’s a very inspiring example.
- sytse 9y ago
  We did that. Thanks for using GitLab!
  - anoncoward111 9y ago
    I interviewed with Gitlab for a business development position. I enjoyed writing the pre-screen essay questions, but received no feedback. The recruiter yawned through the interview and then provided no feedback as to why I was denied. Perhaps this is par for the course in sales, but what I've learned from HN is that the value of my expected income from poker and stock gambling is higher than from interviewing with startups. Thank you though for running a cool company
    - sytse 9y ago
      Thanks for your comment. We get over 1000 applications a month and we want to make sure everyone has a good experience. I'm sorry to hear yours wasn't. I've asked the peopleops function to comment. We monitor what score people that applied give us, it has improved from a low 3 to a 4.3 out of 5 in January.
      - deleted 9y ago
        [deleted]
    - nadiav1 9y ago
      @anoncoward111 Thank you for your comment, we always appreciate feedback. If you reached back for further feedback, kindly keep in mind, in this instance, we work with the BDR Hiring team, before proceeding, as we have an exceptionally strong pipeline of candidates for this role and it takes a little longer than usual to reach back. @sytse comment below is spot on in terms of how we measure during each interview. You are welcome to email us directly at jobs@gitlab.com, to get the recruiting team's attention, so we can reach back with further feedback right away.
      - anoncoward111 9y ago
        No worries! I appreciate you writing to me and do not wish to cause any trouble or problems in the system. I think my comment is moreso reflective of the problems that persist in hiring today- massive candidate pipelines, subjective differences in candidates, ambitious growth targets vs a need to stay lean. I wish GitLab and all startups the best in the future. I don't know where I fit into the startup world anymore, but I really support tech companies that make such awesome contributions to the world. Thanks!
        nadiav1 9y ago
        Great reply, thank you!!
dokem 9y ago
I just switched our small company over to gitlab over the last couple weeks. So far the experience has been great. It seems like a really solid piece of software.
- sytse 9y ago
  Yay! Thanks for using GitLab. Every month we're trying hard to make the installation, the performance, the security, and the interface better. Still a lot of work to do but we've come a long way from our beginnings being based on gitolite.
  - ghrifter 9y ago
    Thanks for the free private repos. Thats what sold me on moving from GitHub to Gitlab. Also, I dont like GitHub's political posturing nonsense, so thats a major reason too.
Redoubts 9y ago
Gratz, man
ne01 9y ago
You only got ~60 upvotes? Interesting, I always thought the number of upvotes for a Show HN post correlates to its future success.
- pavanlimo 9y ago
  I believe 60 upvotes at the time is probably equal to >150 upvotes today.
  - sytse 9y ago
    Yeah, I felt it was pretty good at the time. BTW my comment here has 110 upvotes, many more people on HN then in 2012.
  - dkersten 9y ago
    Upvote inflation, interesting!
    - applecrazy 9y ago
      Somebody should mine the data and calculate year-over-year inflation rate, we have a mini economy on our hands! :)
      - chipperyman573 9y ago
        You wouldn't even need to mine it - https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
        applecrazy 9y ago
        Sorry, I meant analyze. I actually am writing a blog post right now on this (this thread was very inspiring). Should be up in a day or two at https://applecrazy.github.io/blog https://applecrazy.github.io/blog
        Majora320 9y ago
zerr 9y ago
But how is it going with the HN-dream - passive income? :)
- sytse 9y ago
  Right now it is active income since I'm a full-time ceo.
  - zerr 9y ago
    Yes, I guess the most hard is to be successful and stay small.
piahoo 9y ago
gitlab is great, thank you for your amazing work
NightlyDev 9y ago
I really enjoy GitLab and I've used it for five years now. I really like what GitLab is doing with the community version: free with all the features that makes sense for small to medium sized companies, or just a group of people. Thank you for an awesome product! :)
- sytse 9y ago
  Awesome, your comment means a lot to me. Deciding what functionality to open source is very hard and it is good to hear you like what we are doing.
jorisd 9y ago
I'm happy you did, GitLab is fantastic! I've been extremely impressed by GitLab CI and the install and update experience with Omnibus. Upgrading from 8.x to 10.x was smoother and went quicker than I imagined. Kudos to you and the team behind it!
vickychijwani 9y ago
We're evaluating Gitlab for use at my company and I'm really struck by the overall quality of the software. I've already started contributing to the codebase. Hope to contribute at least a few medium-sized features (currently working on web terminals for troubleshooting CI failures) over the next few weeks, and who knows, maybe more! Love getting back to Ruby after so many years, and Golang is interesting :)

by sytse 9y ago

kossae 9y ago

You have definitely constructed a great piece of software. GitLab has been a godsend for development workflows at our organization, and I’ve been watching it since that same Show HN so congratulations! That’s a very inspiring example.

sytse 9y ago
We did that. Thanks for using GitLab!
- anoncoward111 9y ago
  I interviewed with Gitlab for a business development position. I enjoyed writing the pre-screen essay questions, but received no feedback. The recruiter yawned through the interview and then provided no feedback as to why I was denied. Perhaps this is par for the course in sales, but what I've learned from HN is that the value of my expected income from poker and stock gambling is higher than from interviewing with startups. Thank you though for running a cool company
  - sytse 9y ago
    Thanks for your comment. We get over 1000 applications a month and we want to make sure everyone has a good experience. I'm sorry to hear yours wasn't. I've asked the peopleops function to comment. We monitor what score people that applied give us, it has improved from a low 3 to a 4.3 out of 5 in January.
    - deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
  - nadiav1 9y ago
    @anoncoward111 Thank you for your comment, we always appreciate feedback. If you reached back for further feedback, kindly keep in mind, in this instance, we work with the BDR Hiring team, before proceeding, as we have an exceptionally strong pipeline of candidates for this role and it takes a little longer than usual to reach back. @sytse comment below is spot on in terms of how we measure during each interview. You are welcome to email us directly at jobs@gitlab.com, to get the recruiting team's attention, so we can reach back with further feedback right away.
    - anoncoward111 9y ago
      No worries! I appreciate you writing to me and do not wish to cause any trouble or problems in the system. I think my comment is moreso reflective of the problems that persist in hiring today- massive candidate pipelines, subjective differences in candidates, ambitious growth targets vs a need to stay lean. I wish GitLab and all startups the best in the future. I don't know where I fit into the startup world anymore, but I really support tech companies that make such awesome contributions to the world. Thanks!
      - nadiav1 9y ago
        Great reply, thank you!!

dokem 9y ago

I just switched our small company over to gitlab over the last couple weeks. So far the experience has been great. It seems like a really solid piece of software.

sytse 9y ago
Yay! Thanks for using GitLab. Every month we're trying hard to make the installation, the performance, the security, and the interface better. Still a lot of work to do but we've come a long way from our beginnings being based on gitolite.
- ghrifter 9y ago
  Thanks for the free private repos. Thats what sold me on moving from GitHub to Gitlab. Also, I dont like GitHub's political posturing nonsense, so thats a major reason too.

Redoubts 9y ago

Gratz, man

ne01 9y ago

You only got ~60 upvotes? Interesting, I always thought the number of upvotes for a Show HN post correlates to its future success.

pavanlimo 9y ago
I believe 60 upvotes at the time is probably equal to >150 upvotes today.
- sytse 9y ago
  Yeah, I felt it was pretty good at the time. BTW my comment here has 110 upvotes, many more people on HN then in 2012.
- dkersten 9y ago
  Upvote inflation, interesting!
  - applecrazy 9y ago
    Somebody should mine the data and calculate year-over-year inflation rate, we have a mini economy on our hands! :)
    - chipperyman573 9y ago
      You wouldn't even need to mine it - https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
      - applecrazy 9y ago
        Sorry, I meant analyze. I actually am writing a blog post right now on this (this thread was very inspiring). Should be up in a day or two at https://applecrazy.github.io/blog https://applecrazy.github.io/blog
      - Majora320 9y ago

zerr 9y ago

But how is it going with the HN-dream - passive income? :)

sytse 9y ago
Right now it is active income since I'm a full-time ceo.
- zerr 9y ago
  Yes, I guess the most hard is to be successful and stay small.

piahoo 9y ago

gitlab is great, thank you for your amazing work

NightlyDev 9y ago

I really enjoy GitLab and I've used it for five years now. I really like what GitLab is doing with the community version: free with all the features that makes sense for small to medium sized companies, or just a group of people. Thank you for an awesome product! :)

sytse 9y ago
Awesome, your comment means a lot to me. Deciding what functionality to open source is very hard and it is good to hear you like what we are doing.

jorisd 9y ago

I'm happy you did, GitLab is fantastic! I've been extremely impressed by GitLab CI and the install and update experience with Omnibus. Upgrading from 8.x to 10.x was smoother and went quicker than I imagined. Kudos to you and the team behind it!

vickychijwani 9y ago

We're evaluating Gitlab for use at my company and I'm really struck by the overall quality of the software. I've already started contributing to the codebase. Hope to contribute at least a few medium-sized features (currently working on web terminals for troubleshooting CI failures) over the next few weeks, and who knows, maybe more! Love getting back to Ruby after so many years, and Golang is interesting :)