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Gitpod is in big trouble

23 points by zccm 4y ago

physPop 4y ago
The author offers no evidence for said "trouble" other than the existance of a similar free offering at github. Clickbait.
- cto_official 4y ago
  Agree, he also mentioned that gitpod is slow as compared to github. While I agree there are several other factors which play a part in which company is going to win, the L team at gitpod will be definitely be alarmed.
  - sh2022 4y ago
    I found that gitpod is much quicker than github for android dev.
v3ss0n 4y ago
How an opensource project is in a big trouble because it have close source alternative ? It's the other way around. As soon as close source alternative aren't as customizable as opensource ones they will come looking opensource alternative and how it grows.
- samuelstros 4y ago
  Distribution. GitHub Codespaces will pop up everywhere on GitHub. The experience will be seamless. It’s like Slack vs MS Teams. Yeah Slack is doing fine. But MS Teams is winning in terms of users.
  - alwayslikethis 4y ago
    MS Teams is not winning the users; it is rather winning IT managers since it seems to be cheap/free. It is among the worst piece of software I ever had to use. It's laggy as hell, and nothing is presented in a logical way.
    - samuelstros 4y ago
      I am not disagreeing about MS Teams being an inferior product. But, the fact remains that MS Teams is outpacing Slack by a wide margin [0]. The author argues that similar things will happen to Gitpod. [0] https://www.bemopro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg?width=800&name=slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg https://www.bemopro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg?...
- lozenge 4y ago
  Microsoft is in full Embrace, Extend, Extinguish mode. This includes: tie ins in VS Code not available to third party extensions; closed source Python and C# features not available to third party forks of VS Code; features like Live Share and ML powered completions; and Gitpod can't use VS Code without forking it or violating the trademark.
- longqzh 4y ago
  It's not about opensource vs closesource, it's about free *service* based on opensouce vs free *service* based on closesource.
entf2022 4y ago
I found that gitpod compiles are quick compared to github or gitlab. For free gitpod gives 8 cores + 16GB RAM. Better than my local device. Wondering what the long term strategy of gitpod.
joshstrange 4y ago
Uh, what the hell is that cursor follow circle thing? https://cs.joshstrange.com/e5RKH0 https://cs.joshstrange.com/e5RKH0 It's like if someone said "Can we come up with something worse/more annoying than overriding scroll behavior?" I couldn't read the article, that cursor thing was way too distracting. Also I have a hard time taking someone seriously who would add that to their website.
- johnwheeler 4y ago
  Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything. The article is trash. Completely irrelevant.

23 points by zccm 4y ago

The author offers no evidence for said "trouble" other than the existance of a similar free offering at github. Clickbait.

cto_official 4y ago
Agree, he also mentioned that gitpod is slow as compared to github. While I agree there are several other factors which play a part in which company is going to win, the L team at gitpod will be definitely be alarmed.
- sh2022 4y ago
  I found that gitpod is much quicker than github for android dev.

v3ss0n 4y ago

How an opensource project is in a big trouble because it have close source alternative ? It's the other way around. As soon as close source alternative aren't as customizable as opensource ones they will come looking opensource alternative and how it grows.

samuelstros 4y ago
Distribution. GitHub Codespaces will pop up everywhere on GitHub. The experience will be seamless. It’s like Slack vs MS Teams. Yeah Slack is doing fine. But MS Teams is winning in terms of users.
- alwayslikethis 4y ago
  MS Teams is not winning the users; it is rather winning IT managers since it seems to be cheap/free. It is among the worst piece of software I ever had to use. It's laggy as hell, and nothing is presented in a logical way.
  - samuelstros 4y ago
    I am not disagreeing about MS Teams being an inferior product. But, the fact remains that MS Teams is outpacing Slack by a wide margin [0]. The author argues that similar things will happen to Gitpod. [0] https://www.bemopro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg?width=800&name=slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg https://www.bemopro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg?...
lozenge 4y ago
Microsoft is in full Embrace, Extend, Extinguish mode. This includes: tie ins in VS Code not available to third party extensions; closed source Python and C# features not available to third party forks of VS Code; features like Live Share and ML powered completions; and Gitpod can't use VS Code without forking it or violating the trademark.
longqzh 4y ago
It's not about opensource vs closesource, it's about free *service* based on opensouce vs free *service* based on closesource.

entf2022 4y ago

I found that gitpod compiles are quick compared to github or gitlab. For free gitpod gives 8 cores + 16GB RAM. Better than my local device. Wondering what the long term strategy of gitpod.

joshstrange 4y ago

Uh, what the hell is that cursor follow circle thing? https://cs.joshstrange.com/e5RKH0 https://cs.joshstrange.com/e5RKH0 It's like if someone said "Can we come up with something worse/more annoying than overriding scroll behavior?" I couldn't read the article, that cursor thing was way too distracting. Also I have a hard time taking someone seriously who would add that to their website.

johnwheeler 4y ago
Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything. The article is trash. Completely irrelevant.