Inside the vision for GitLab’s new platform navigation

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This post details the vision and process behind a complete redesign of GitLab's product navigation. It highlights the user-centric approach, including extensive UX research and design ideation over nine months. Key themes identified were minimizing overwhelm, improving user orientation, and enabling users to pick up where they left off. The iteration strategy emphasizes protecting the core user experience, ensuring no degradation from the current state, and shipping fully usable features internally first. The rollout will include an on/off switch for gradual adoption and will be followed by further enhancements like customizable navigation and improved landing pages.