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Anecdotal - I've been using Gitlab for a few years on some projects, and haven't experienced any downtime issues with them of this magnitude.

goodoldneon 3y ago
Same. Overall, I like GitLab a lot more than GitHub. I wonder how much of GitHub's popularity is buoyed by its status as the defacto home for OSS
- cloudking 3y ago
  It has good parity with GitHub on core functionality and a generous free tier.
jgadelange 3y ago
I can still remember https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/10/postmortem-of-database-outage-of-january-31/ https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/10/postmortem-of-datab... (though I can't rembember reading of any big problems since then)
dbingham 3y ago
Yeah, Gitlab has had its share of downtime. Github has had shockingly little until the last year or two. These things come and go. Of course, if this continues happening it may be time for the OSS community seriously consider migrating en masse. [Edit to fix grammar - thanks for the corrections!]
- tnorthcutt 3y ago
  FWIW the typical phrase is "en masse" (which is French). The English translation is "in mass".
  - CharlesW 3y ago
    The English translation would be something like, “all together, at the same time”. “In mass” isn’t an English idiom.
    - krapp 3y ago
      "en masse" is the term used in English as well.
      - CharlesW 3y ago
        Yep, just noting for anyone who may not realize that "in mass" isn't really a thing in English. As you note, en masse is common — enough so that you even don't need to italicize it (although you can).
        capableweb 3y ago
        If you're brave enough, you can italicize whatever you want.
        CharlesW 3y ago
        Indeed. Tips on when you should italicize foreign words in English writing: https://proofed.com/writing-tips/should-you-italicize-foreign-words-in-your-writing/ https://proofed.com/writing-tips/should-you-italicize-foreig...
- dimgl 3y ago
  Apologies to be pedantic, I think it's en masse.
PestoDiRucola 3y ago
To be fair, Gitlab accidentally deleted 6 hours worth of data from their database some time ago.

goodoldneon 3y ago

Same. Overall, I like GitLab a lot more than GitHub. I wonder how much of GitHub's popularity is buoyed by its status as the defacto home for OSS

cloudking 3y ago
It has good parity with GitHub on core functionality and a generous free tier.

jgadelange 3y ago

I can still remember https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/10/postmortem-of-database-outage-of-january-31/ https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/10/postmortem-of-datab... (though I can't rembember reading of any big problems since then)

dbingham 3y ago

Yeah, Gitlab has had its share of downtime. Github has had shockingly little until the last year or two. These things come and go. Of course, if this continues happening it may be time for the OSS community seriously consider migrating en masse. [Edit to fix grammar - thanks for the corrections!]

tnorthcutt 3y ago
FWIW the typical phrase is "en masse" (which is French). The English translation is "in mass".
- CharlesW 3y ago
  The English translation would be something like, “all together, at the same time”. “In mass” isn’t an English idiom.
  - krapp 3y ago
    "en masse" is the term used in English as well.
    - CharlesW 3y ago
      Yep, just noting for anyone who may not realize that "in mass" isn't really a thing in English. As you note, en masse is common — enough so that you even don't need to italicize it (although you can).
      - capableweb 3y ago
        If you're brave enough, you can italicize whatever you want.
        CharlesW 3y ago
        Indeed. Tips on when you should italicize foreign words in English writing: https://proofed.com/writing-tips/should-you-italicize-foreign-words-in-your-writing/ https://proofed.com/writing-tips/should-you-italicize-foreig...
dimgl 3y ago
Apologies to be pedantic, I think it's en masse.

PestoDiRucola 3y ago

To be fair, Gitlab accidentally deleted 6 hours worth of data from their database some time ago.