GitLab: In case you missed it

This post introduces the author's new role as a Developer Advocate at GitLab and provides an overview of GitLab's features for those who haven't followed its development. It highlights GitLab.com as a free, unrestricted hosting option, explains GitLab's terminology (e.g., 'projects' instead of 'repositories', 'merge requests' instead of 'pull requests'), introduces CI/CD as an embedded feature, explains the role of 'runners' for executing CI jobs, and details the ease of installation and updates using 'Omnibus'. It also mentions smaller features like 'Merge when build succeeds' and 'GitLab Pages' for static website hosting. The post concludes by pointing to the GitLab Direction page for future vision and announces upcoming webcasts and meetups.