The real reason you shouldn't be using GitLab is performance. How is it possible that that page took over a minute to load? Nevermind that the design is completely incomprehensible.

I make a habit out of pushing to both gitlab and github. Even if github is technically superior, I don't think we're served well in the long run by monocultures.

(But yes, gitlab's web interfaces are generally frustrating. Slow, bugged, or just organized in ways I find challenging.)

Performance and UI are valid considerations for using or not using any service, but not everyone has the same requirements on either of those.

If you don't find them acceptable, that's legit. Those are the "real reasons" you shouldn't use it. However, those reasons may not apply to others. They don't apply to me, for instance, and as Gitlab has a lot of users, I'm not alone.

further down the thread are mentioned of ruby on rails.

i use gitlab because it allows me > 1 private repo. if there are better solutions then i'm all ears.

Have a look at GitHub. It's a similar service with unlimited private repos for free.

thanks. not sure why i was downvoted but the last time i checked, GH only allowed 1

They only started allowing free private repos this year: https://github.blog/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/

You are correct but Github allows them now so I moved back to GH.

I use Bitbucket, unlimited private repos. I believe Github now offers the same, but didn't ~5 years ago.

Guess what's going to be part of the next GitLab release...

Interesting to see Google is a Slack customer (google.slack.com). Thought they had a competitive product?

In hindsight, it's a shame that Google didn't put more resources into their productivity ecosystem and create a single, tightly-integrated app.