I really do not understand why people use GitHub over Gitlab AT ALL.
GitLab consistently brings out AMAZING features at least 1x/month. Their company is ethical (donates regularly to amazing coding groups like BlackGirlsCode, DjangoGirls, PythonLadies, etc.).
Just look for yourself: https://about.gitlab.com/features/
@vickysteeves i think it's just a basic critical mass situation.
there are services that integrate specifically with github.
there's also this "standard" for developers to have work there as a portfolio of code to add to your resume.
@pixelpaperyarn I will say, discoverability is about the only thing I see that GitHub has on GL.
@pixelpaperyarn @vickysteeves Yeah, an additional consequence of the critical mass thing is that the total amount of impact on people's lives that developers can have by way of developing with #GitLab in mind is low relative to developing for #Github because the number of GL users is currently low (think: `impact per person * num persons`), and total impact is rewarded/looked at more than `impact per person`. The investment in dev for GL might then be unworthy.
I am not sure I buy this argument. What do you mean by "impact on peoples' lives?"
@vickysteeves @pixelpaperyarn Ah, so you know, though I suspect that people think the way I suggested, I don't think that it's the way they should think about it. Regarding the impact, I mean the degree to which using something that could be connected to either GL or GH, if not both, and I assume that this would be equal in either case, so the main thing considered would be the total that's produced by multiplying that constant amount by either service's numUsr
@vickysteeves @pixelpaperyarn The thinking from here is: If you consider adding support for GL to a service that currently supports GH, the cost associated with implementing that might greater than the benefits you'd get from just developing more stuff for GH users.
@pixelpaperyarn there are so many more services that integrate into GitLab though. Like, GitLab's CI is miles ahead of any other CI, and they provide so many producivity, containerization, and CI options (Kubernetes integration IN REPO now!).
Standards can change?