[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1784},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/gitlab-2016-year-in-review":3,"navigation-en-us":1000,"banner-en-us":1426,"footer-en-us":1436,"blog-post-authors-en-us-Connor Shea":1681,"blog-related-posts-en-us-gitlab-2016-year-in-review":1696,"blog-promotions-en-us":1720,"next-steps-en-us":1774},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"body":8,"category":967,"date":968,"description":969,"extension":970,"externalUrl":971,"faq":971,"featured":972,"heroImage":973,"meta":974,"navigation":990,"path":991,"seo":992,"slug":996,"stem":997,"tags":971,"template":998,"updatedDate":971,"__hash__":999},"blogPosts/en-us/blog/gitlab-2016-year-in-review.md","GitLab 2016 year in review",[7],"Connor Shea",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":898},"minimark",[11,22,39,42,45,52,55,61,66,76,79,84,87,91,94,98,112,116,124,128,136,140,147,151,163,167,175,179,187,191,199,203,211,215,228,232,240,244,258,262,270,274,282,286,299,307,315,339,343,351,355,363,367,375,380,387,391,400,405,409,412,417,421,430,438,442,450,454,464,469,473,481,487,495,499,507,510,513,525,530,534,537,542,546,555,561,565,571,577,581,589,594,598,606,610,618,621,638,644,649,653,659,663,670,675,679,687,691,704,710,714,723,728,732,740,744,752,758,762,770,774,798,804,808,816,824,828,835,839,847,852,856,870,876,880,895],[12,13,14,15,21],"p",{},"At GitLab, we believe the best approach to software delivery is to ship quickly and often.\nBy building a team and a ",[16,17,20],"a",{"href":18,"rel":19},"https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/culture/",[],"company culture"," that values iteration over perfection, we\nare able to ship new improvements and features every month!",[12,23,24,25,29,30,33,34,38],{},"So it should come as no surprise that in 2016, we shipped 12 new versions of GitLab!\nIncluded in those releases were major new features like ",[26,27,28],"span",{},"Issue Boards"," and\n",[26,31,32],{},"Cycle Analytics",", and the completion of our idea-to-production ",[16,35,37],{"href":36},"/blog/gitlab-master-plan/#vision","vision",".",[12,40,41],{},"For a visual of how far we’ve come, take a look at these two screenshots.",[12,43,44],{},"An issue for GitLab Community Edition on January 22, 2016 (8.4):",[12,46,47],{},[48,49],"img",{"alt":50,"src":51},"Screenshot of an issue from GitLab 8.4 on January 22, 2016","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1782397437/blog/Content%20Images/2016-year-in-review/gitlab-8-4.png",[12,53,54],{},"An issue for GitLab Community Edition on January 3, 2017 (8.15):",[12,56,57],{},[48,58],{"alt":59,"src":60},"Screenshot of an issue from GitLab 8.15 on January 3, 2017","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1782397427/blog/Content%20Images/2016-year-in-review/gitlab-8-15.png",[62,63,65],"h2",{"id":64},"january-84","January: 8.4",[67,68,69],"blockquote",{},[12,70,71],{},[16,72,75],{"href":73,"rel":74},"https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/",[],"GitLab 8.4 Release Post",[12,77,78],{},"We kicked off the year with our 50th release of GitLab.",[80,81,83],"h3",{"id":82},"build-artifacts","Build Artifacts",[12,85,86],{},"A browser was added for Build Artifacts. 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