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How GitLab Built an Open Source Unicorn Without Leaving the House
Lucas and Luna unpack the counterintuitive story of GitLab, the DevOps platform that went public in 2021 with a fully remote workforce of 1,300 people. They examine how co-founder Sid Sijbrandij structured the company around transparency, asynchronous communication, and a handbook-first culture long before the pandemic made remote work mainstream. The episode traces GitLab's journey from a Ukrainian open source project to a $15 billion public company, and asks whether its radical transparency model is a blueprint for the future or a beautiful anomaly. Specific takeaways include…
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