Developer-Tools

Every few months, a thread pops up on r/devops. “Should we use GitLab or GitHub?” The answers are never simple. Because the right answer isn’t a platform. It’s a question about what your team actually needs. I’ve spent the past few weeks reading hundreds of practitioner comments across Reddit, analyzing Gartner and Forrester reports, and digging through video transcripts from real users running both platforms at scale. The pattern that emerges is nothing like the marketing pages. ...

At GitLab’s 18.0 release in May 2025, the company went all-in on AI. Duo Chat for contextual code questions. Duo Code Suggestions for AI-powered completions. Duo Workflow — autonomous agents for cross-functional tasks like reviewing, deploying, and security scanning. The marketing was ambitious. The practitioner reception was not. “Bro gitlab duo req 5 million in funding before they give you access.” “Gitlab has been enshitificating itself for years already. So busy trying to plug Duo that they forgot we need proper filtering on boards.” ...