[relaunched]

I'm a little surprised to read that Ghost doesn't use gitlab. Given the companies are both open source and distributed work forces; not to mention they call out github as a big headache.

>How open source works is: If you want something, you can build it.

[andrewvc]

The problems listed were with the interaction model. There's nothing I've seen in GitLab's UX that would indicate it's any better.

[relaunched]

Unfortunately I think Github itself has a lot to do with this. The product has become too transactional - more support tool than collaboration. And Github themselves show remarkable disinterest in the open source community as a whole - they give us beta access to test new features every so often. That's about it. There's no wider involvement at all.

I read it as two parts. Interactions are flawed & Github doesn't really care about open source. Just one guys opinion, and my wife works for gitlab, but there is a deep commitment to open source and contributors, as well as an abundance of places for deeper dialogues to occur, between projects / contributors / the general public / gitlab.

+1 for also living in Minneapolis. We should get coffee.

[bovermyer]

Huh, I also live in Minneapolis.

How many HNers are around here?

[b3b0p]

Live downtown Minneapolis. Checking in.

[relaunched]

There are a few. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? A meetup?

[bovermyer]

Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking.

[beat]

I'm in Minneapolis too (down by Minnehaha Park). A Meetup sounds like an entertaining idea!