All but one of my employers have used either Github or Gitlab, and at every one of them there were a litany of complaints about whichever one we were using. It's kind of surprising to me that someone might not immediately recognize that there's certainly potential there for something better suited to what companies are actually looking for. Obviously there's no guarantee of success, and maybe the problem is too hard to solve, but that's pretty much how any company starts out!
I think it’s partly about how many steps back you take. Take another step back and you might see a new option that will in ten years be added to your list of options lots of people use and have plenty of complaints about.
I’m not saying not to try or that there’s no value in turning the wheel once more. But I used to be excited about these kinds of things and now I’m not because I’ve seen the cycle a few times now.
Yeah, it's unrealistic to think that everyone will be happy and there will be no complaints, but the median view of most products I've used at workplaces has been close to neutral. The sentiment towards Github and Gitlab seems a lot more negative overall at everywhere I've worked relative to how much people like or don't like them for personal stuff, and at least to me that seems like a sign that there's still potential room for improvement in the enterprise offerings.
