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Store and update namespace statistics in a performant manner

Explore all the different engineering approaches to store and update the namespace statistics in a performant manner.

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GitLab's unconventional journey to CI/CD and Kubernetes

How the Delivery team at GitLab used our existing resources to overhaul our system to make way for CI/CD.

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Why we chose ECharts for data visualizations

Learn why GitLab switched from D3.js to ECharts as our library of choice for rendering data visualizations.

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How to build a CI/CD pipeline in 20 minutes or less

Deploying your pipeline to Kubernetes is just a 'git push' away using GitLab's Auto DevOps feature.

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Why we created a Memory team at GitLab

GitLab has a memory problem, so we created a specialized team to fix it.

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How to avoid broken master with Pipelines for Merged Results and Merge Trains

Do you still run pipelines on source branches? Let's start running them on merge commits!

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Getting [meta] with GitLab CI/CD: Building build images

Let's talk about building build images with GitLab CI/CD. The power of Docker as a build platform is unleashed when you get meta.

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6 Lessons we learned when debugging a scaling problem on GitLab.com

Get a closer look at how we investigated errors originating from scheduled jobs, and how we stumbled upon "the tyranny of the clock."

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Update: Why GitLab uses a single codebase for Community and Enterprise editions

Dive into our decision to switch GitLab over to a single codebase as we review some of the benefits and challenges. Learn more here!

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