GitLab: work where you want, when you want
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is part of: Journal of Organization Design
authors: Person
  surname: Choudhury
  given name: Prithwiraj
authors: Person
  surname: Crowston
  given name: Kevin
authors: Person
  surname: Dahlander
  given name: Linus
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  surname: Minervini
  given name: Marco S.
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  surname: Raghuram
  given name: Sumita
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subject: All remote
subject: COVID-19
subject: New forms of organizing
subject: Organizational design
subject: Remote work
subject: Virtual organizations
abstract: GitLab is a software company that works “all remote” at the scale of more than 1000 employees located in more than 60 countries. GitLab has no physical office and its employees can work from anywhere they choose. Any step of the organizational life of a GitLab employee (e.g., hiring, onboarding and firing) is performed remotely, except for a yearly companywide gathering. GitLab strongly relies on asynchronous coordination, allowing employees to work anytime they want. After highlighting some of the main practices implemented by GitLab to effectively work all remotely and asynchronously, I asked renowned organizational scientists their thoughts on this interesting case and to question the generalizability of the all remote asynchronous model. Understanding whether and under what conditions this model can succeed can be of guidance for organizational designers that are now considering different remote models in response of the COVID-19 shock and its aftermath.
date: 2020-11-16
language: en
short title: GitLab
library catalog: Springer Link
date submitted: 2026-04-15 16:57:19
pages: 23
citation key: choudhuryGitLabWorkWhere2020

Journal of Organization Design
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volume: 9
identifier: DOI 10.1186/s41469-020-00087-8
number: 1
alternative: J Org Design
identifier: ISSN 2245-408X

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Continuous Integration Using Gitlab
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item type: journalArticle
is part of: Undergraduate Research in Natural and Clinical Science and Technology Journal
authors: Person
  surname: Arefeen
  given name: Mohammed Shamsul
authors: Person
  surname: Schiller
  given name: Michael
subject: agile
subject: continuous integration
subject: GitLab
subject: software testing
abstract: The method of Continuous Integration (CI) enables developers to use fast-paced development environments, such as Agile, without the quality of code being compromised. The use of stable repositories on which developers frequently make small changes, running tests with each modification, results in code that is highly tested and readily deployable. GitLab, like other tools of its kind, offers CI features along with code versioning, and several team organizational features that correctly map with Agile artifacts. Before discussing GitLab, this report contains a literature review explaining existing CI practices, and it identifies fundamental aspects that are necessary to achieving the industry standards of CI. This report also evaluates GitLab’s effectiveness in maintaining CI standards using an available open-source project (OpenMCT), while also offering insight on the implications of the gathered findings. The paper concludes with possible directions of future inquiry, and also provides guidance on how one might expand on the work initiated by the team.
date: 2019-09
language: en
date submitted: 2026-04-15
description: Citation Key: arefeen_continuous_2019
pages: 1–6
citation key: arefeen_continuous_2019

Undergraduate Research in Natural and Clinical Science and Technology Journal
type: Journal
volume: 3
identifier: DOI 10.26685/urncst.152
identifier: ISSN 2561-5637

GitLab Docs
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authors: Person
  surname: Gitlab
date submitted: 2026-04-16
description: Citation Key: gitlab_gitlab_nodate
citation key: gitlab_gitlab_nodate

GitLab is building a business with 0.1% of paying customers
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authors: Person
  surname: Degeler
  given name: Andrii
is referenced by: Section: Insider
abstract: Long-distance relationships are never easy, but it seems to be less so for the relationships between co-founders of tech companies. See GitLab, for example.
date: 2014-06
language: en
date submitted: 2026-04-16
description: Citation Key: degeler_gitlab_2014
citation key: degeler_gitlab_2014

Section: Insider
type: Memo

About Gitlab
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is part of: about.gitlab.com
authors: Person
  surname: Gitlab
link: Snapshot
abstract: Your intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps
language: en-US
date submitted: 2026-04-17 15:41:17
citation key: gitlab_about

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GitLab.com database incident
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is part of: about.gitlab.com
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abstract: Yesterday we had a serious incident with one of our databases. We lost six hours of database data (issues, merge requests, users, comments, snippets, etc.) for GitLab.com.
language: en-US
date submitted: 2026-04-17 16:46:23
citation key: GitLabcomDatabaseIncident

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Versionsverwaltung: GitLab rudert beim Löschen inaktiver Repositories zurück
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is part of: Developer
authors: Person
  surname: online
  given name: heise
link: Snapshot
abstract: Die Pläne, brach liegende Repositories komplett zu löschen, sind laut einem Tweet von GitLab vorerst auf Eis gelegt. Stattdessen sollen sie archiviert werden.
date: 2022-08-05
language: de
short title: Versionsverwaltung
date submitted: 2026-04-17 16:57:10

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Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab
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is part of: 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA)
authors: Person
  surname: Fairbanks
  given name: Jeffrey
authors: Person
  surname: Tharigonda
  given name: Akshharaa
authors: Person
  surname: Eisty
  given name: Nasir U.
link: Full Text PDF
subject: Software
subject: CI/CD
subject: Codes
subject: Mining Repositories
subject: Open-Source Software
subject: Pipelines
subject: Recording
subject: Software development management
subject: Software engineering
subject: Software Engineering
abstract: Numerous articles emphasize the benefits of implementing Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines in software development. These pipelines are expected to improve a project’s reputation and decrease the number of commits and issues in the repository. Although CI/CD adoption may be slow initially, it is believed to accelerate service delivery and deployment in the long run. This study aims to investigate the impact of CI/CD on commit velocity and issue counts in two open-source repositories, GitLab and GitHub. By analyzing more than 12,000 repositories and recording every commit and issue, it was discovered that CI/CD enhances commit velocity by 141.19% but also increases the number of issues by 321.21%.
date: 2023-05
library catalog: IEEE Xplore
date submitted: 2026-04-17 17:10:14
description: ISSN: 2770-8209
pages: 176-181
presented at: 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA)
citation key: fairbanksAnalyzingEffectsCI2023

2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA)
type: Journal
identifier: DOI 10.1109/SERA57763.2023.10197778
identifier: ISSN 2770-8209

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2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
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abstract: The 2025 Developer Survey is the definitive report on the state of software development. In its fifteenth year, Stack Overflow received over 49,000+ responses from 177 countries across 62 questions focused on 314 different technologies, including new focus on AI agent tools, LLMs and community platforms. This annual Developer Survey provides a crucial snapshot into the needs of the global developer community, focusing on the tools and technologies they use or want to learn more about.
language: en
date submitted: 2026-04-18 08:48:07
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GitLab Inc. (GTLB): History, Ownership, Mission, How It Works & Makes Money
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is part of: AI-Powered Discounted Cash Flow Model Templates
authors: Person
  surname: team
  given name: dcf model
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abstract: With GitLab Inc. (GTLB) reporting a full fiscal year 2025 revenue of over $759.2 million, up 31% year-over-year, do you defintely understand how this all-remote powerhouse built the most comprehensive DevSecOps platform? The company's shift to an AI-powered platform is clearly paying off, evidenced by the 29% year-over-year growth in customers spending over $100,000 in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), but what does its open-source mission-to empower everyone to contribute-really mean for its valuation? You need to see the full picture, from its mixed ownership structure, which includes institutional giants like BlackRock, to the mechanics of how its single-application model actually makes money, so let's break down the history and the financial engine that drives it. GitLab Inc. (GTLB) History You want to understand how GitLab Inc. went from a side project to a DevSecOps powerhouse, and honestly, the journey is a masterclass in open-source monetization and strategic focus. The direct takeaway is that two key decisions-going all-remote and committing to a single-application DevSecOps platform-are responsible for its current scale, which saw it achieve $759.2 million in revenue for its fiscal year 2025. GitLab Inc.'s Founding Timeline Year established The original open-source project was established in 2011 by Dmytro Zaporozhets. GitLab Inc., the company, was formally incorporated in September 2014, moving the project from a community effort to a commercial venture. Original location The first version of the software was created by Dmytro Zaporozhets from his home in Ukraine. The company later established its headquarters in San Francisco, United States, but famously maintained its all-remote structure from the start. Founding team members The project's creator was Dmytro Zaporozhets, a Ukrainian developer. The co-founder who joined in 2012 to build a business around the open-source code was Sytse 'Sid' Sijbrandij, a Dutch developer who would become the company's long-…
language: en
short title: GitLab Inc. (GTLB)
date submitted: 2026-04-19 13:34:51
citation key: teamGitLabIncGTLB

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