Conversational Development and Controversy

In this episode of Spotlight recorded at OSCON London 2016, Jerod talked with Sid Sijbrandij (CEO of GitLab) who was recently on The Changelog discussing GitLab’s Master Plan and a new style of development they call “Conversational Development”, to talk about how they’re executing on that plan. We also discussed the recent controversy around GitLab and the removal (and subsequent reposting) of security research data. We enjoyed hearing how Sid turns everything in to an opportunity.

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Featuring:

• Sid Sijbrandij – Twitter, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• The Changelog #220: GitLab’s Master Plan with Sid Sijbrandij
• GitLab Master Plan
• GitLab Master Plan - Live Event Recap
• GitLab Master Plan - YouTube
• Willem de Groot recently blogged about the research he did on online skimming — he published it to GitHub and they removed it without sending him a notice. Then he published it to GitLab and they did the same thing. Then GitLab changed their mind and reinstated it.

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