<![CDATA[Welp.]]>Welp. I've been using GitLab for over a decade and have been pretty happy with it. Deployed and maintained several instances, some personal, some for small hobby orgs, some for work.

But it looks like it is time to ditch GitLab for good:

> Software will be built by machines, directed by people. AI is the substrate on which future software gets built. Agents will plan, code, review, deploy, and repair.
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/

]]>https://forum.other.li/topic/36c85404-45a3-478d-9254-62b4cfe834a8/welp.RSS for NodeWed, 13 May 2026 12:33:31 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 09:50:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 19:46:36 GMT]]>@maschinentraum @samueljohn @rysiek @frumble Atlassian Bitbucket is used by companies.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/desikn/statuses/116563325511010256https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/desikn/statuses/116563325511010256Tue, 12 May 2026 19:46:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 19:18:56 GMT]]>@rysiek May all the world's instances be migrated to ! πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://bsd.network/users/lattera/statuses/116563216722222564https://forum.other.li/post/https://bsd.network/users/lattera/statuses/116563216722222564Tue, 12 May 2026 19:18:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 19:02:47 GMT]]>@mathaetaes yup.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116563153201992501https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116563153201992501Tue, 12 May 2026 19:02:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 18:47:33 GMT]]>@rysiek go back to movements? Pre Bill Gates patent trolling assholery.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/goose/statuses/116563093314658568https://forum.other.li/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/goose/statuses/116563093314658568Tue, 12 May 2026 18:47:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 18:42:08 GMT]]>@rysiek Gitlab isn't solving a problem. They're optimizing based on near-term incentives.

Right now, the investment money is all chummed with AI hype. If you want to see near-term valuation increase, you pivot to AI.

It's just like in the '90s when anyone could say 'web' in a VC pitch and get funded.

... And just like in the early 00s, when that bubble bursts, some companies will have figured it out, and a lot of companies will fail catastrophically... and there will be people who redirected their entire career to align with what industry was asking for, who will left with difficult-to-market skills.

And nothing is going to change, because every VC sees their investment as the next Amazon rather than the next Pets.com.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116563072029403331https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mathaetaes/statuses/116563072029403331Tue, 12 May 2026 18:42:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 18:11:28 GMT]]>@maschinentraum I will move to self-hosted Forgejo. Have you looked at Codeberg and SourceHut?

@samueljohn @frumble

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562951464849073https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562951464849073Tue, 12 May 2026 18:11:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 18:04:03 GMT]]>@samueljohn

Unfortunately there is only GitHub in close comparison. I don’t know anything else capable of being used for business when you want an integrated version control and CI/CD tool (so no Jenkins (🀒) here, whateverforgit there)

If anybody knows an alternative please respond.

@rysiek @frumble

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.green/users/maschinentraum/statuses/116562922298457495https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.green/users/maschinentraum/statuses/116562922298457495Tue, 12 May 2026 18:04:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 17:40:56 GMT]]>@pankraz
You're saying this, like investors behave rationally ^_^

@rysiek @toxy

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116562831371538434https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116562831371538434Tue, 12 May 2026 17:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 17:21:49 GMT]]>@rysiek Codeberg for the people! The ability for technologists to jump ship and build their own distributed platforms scares the shit out of big tech.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.zip/ap/users/116250833489713690/statuses/116562756223543899https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.zip/ap/users/116250833489713690/statuses/116562756223543899Tue, 12 May 2026 17:21:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:54:46 GMT]]>@pankraz @toxy yeah, investors are stopping rewarding companies for "AI layoffs" (they are never caused by "AI", but that's a separate thing)

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562649844279828https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562649844279828Tue, 12 May 2026 16:54:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:53:09 GMT]]>@rysiek @toxy If it is targeted at investors, they should have taken a look at the Cloudflare
share price. They lost 20% after announcing layoffs and some agentic AI
bullshit:

duckduckgo.com/?q=cloudflare+s…

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://freunde.ma-nic.de/objects/3e98eba8-136a-035a-f534-e3c090906340https://forum.other.li/post/https://freunde.ma-nic.de/objects/3e98eba8-136a-035a-f534-e3c090906340Tue, 12 May 2026 16:53:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:15:38 GMT]]>@rysiek @frumble me too. We are currently too much invested in complex build pipelines and regulations procedures that. But we are definitely looking for alternatives in the longer run.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.world/users/samueljohn/statuses/116562495988837384https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.world/users/samueljohn/statuses/116562495988837384Tue, 12 May 2026 16:15:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:14:42 GMT]]>@zeh @arclight @rysiek @radicle πŸ˜ƒ thanks, learned something new today ❀️

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://berlin.social/users/asltf/statuses/116562492270381930https://forum.other.li/post/https://berlin.social/users/asltf/statuses/116562492270381930Tue, 12 May 2026 16:14:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:04:16 GMT]]>@britter @rysiek here for the frogejo 🐸 😁. Boing!

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/phlash/statuses/116562451291886391https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/phlash/statuses/116562451291886391Tue, 12 May 2026 16:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:55:11 GMT]]>@rysiek awesome! Even though forced move. Very curious to hear from you about the migration experience.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418067463656460/statuses/116562415526912533https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418067463656460/statuses/116562415526912533Tue, 12 May 2026 15:55:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:51:09 GMT]]>@kedMertens I self-host a GitLab instance, so I will probably deploy Forgejo instead.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562399700676056https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562399700676056Tue, 12 May 2026 15:51:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:42:52 GMT]]>@rysiek
If you liked , you'll LOVE .

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://metroholografix.ca/users/sb/statuses/116562367127817606https://forum.other.li/post/https://metroholografix.ca/users/sb/statuses/116562367127817606Tue, 12 May 2026 15:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:41:28 GMT]]>@rysiek where are you heading too? Codeberg with Forgejo?

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418067463656460/statuses/116562361640768044https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418067463656460/statuses/116562361640768044Tue, 12 May 2026 15:41:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:37:59 GMT]]>@zeh @arclight @radicle as Git intended.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562347894807291https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562347894807291Tue, 12 May 2026 15:37:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:35:08 GMT]]>@rysiek Et tu, Gitlab?

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sgsax/statuses/116562336709030243https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sgsax/statuses/116562336709030243Tue, 12 May 2026 15:35:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:17:39 GMT]]>@arclight @rysiek also consider @radicle
p2p ftw

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.io/users/zeh/statuses/116562267958056538https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.io/users/zeh/statuses/116562267958056538Tue, 12 May 2026 15:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:07:16 GMT]]>@britter @afterdark "frogjoe" is now a thing.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562227166048856https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562227166048856Tue, 12 May 2026 15:07:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:06:57 GMT]]>@luna

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562225879360969https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562225879360969Tue, 12 May 2026 15:06:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welp. on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:05:10 GMT]]>@maaikees I am glad you found it useful! And thank you for doing the important yet under-appreciated work of testing and quality assurance.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562218859855992https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116562218859855992Tue, 12 May 2026 15:05:10 GMT