[ghuntley]

Heya, Geoff from Gitpod here. From Gitpod's values at https://www.notion.so/gitpod/Brand-Values-2ed4c2f93c84499b98...

> We are not opinionated. We integrate, don't dictate. Gitpod is an open platform giving developers full transparency over how Gitpod works and allowing everybody to contribute. Our product design integrates with all stacks giving developers full flexibility. We seek to collaborate and partner with other products/companies that share these values.

> Working in open source is in our DNA and everything we’ve created over the past 10 years was built in the open. For Gitpod to be successful we have to win the hearts and minds of developers. Developers (everybody in our team included) enjoy discovering, installing, fiddling around with, contributing to and talking about open source software. This makes open source in the developer tools world unrivalled as a go to developer strategy in terms of speed, cost effectiveness and level of adoption it drives.

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Both GitHub Codespaces and Gitpod are _wonderful_ products that solve big problems (https://www.gitpod.io/blog/workshops-as-code) in our industry. I strongly advocate for people to build with portability in mind and to not lock into proprietary solutions. See previous comments by myself on this page for some the possibilities (nix/docker-compose) and how it's possible to share between local, gitpod and codespaces the same source tree. <3