I have mixed feelings. Gitlab always reacts to Github stuff. It's a bit "too much" for my taste actually.
The Gitlab team seems awesome but these posts always read a bit forced-friendly. Yay we are all friends in this space and we see this and that trend and here are some benefits of gitlab over the competition in a thinly vailed "switch already" piece. I wish they'd just write "these price changes could suck for you, it's a good time to switch to us now".
I got a similar vibe from the posts in reaction to the "this is wrong with github" posts.
Well they have to be agressive but can't be inconsiderate. As a smaller company, can't wait around to see what happens, they have to move fast.
Responding to their biggest competetor is very smart. I like that they included prices and a comparison table. As opposed to say something too general like "here are our features", they know everyone will compare them GitHub, so they talk about it and compare directly.
I don't think their approach is veiled at all. It seems pretty obviousy. Saying "things like GitHub pricess suck" would be childish and irresponsible though.
The Gitlab team seems awesome but these posts always read a bit forced-friendly. Yay we are all friends in this space and we see this and that trend and here are some benefits of gitlab over the competition in a thinly vailed "switch already" piece. I wish they'd just write "these price changes could suck for you, it's a good time to switch to us now". I got a similar vibe from the posts in reaction to the "this is wrong with github" posts.