I've worked - like everyone else here, I believe - extensively with GitHub in the past, as it was the de facto standard 1 decade ago.
Then, about 5 years ago I started working in a company that went the GitLab way, specifically due to the CI/CD support they provided directly in the platform.
At first, I didn't like the change so much, but as the project kept going, and we invested more and more in CI/CD, I can't see any going back. There's just nothing in GitHub that would allow us this kind of control and flexibly and automation over the build/testing/release process.
I get it if for your own personal development you prefer GitHub (I still do), but for anything of a medium/big size that's willing to invest time and money into a fully automated release process, GitLab is the way. And I guess that's where the value of GitLab to investors lies, in its appeal to the enterprise sector.
Then, about 5 years ago I started working in a company that went the GitLab way, specifically due to the CI/CD support they provided directly in the platform.
At first, I didn't like the change so much, but as the project kept going, and we invested more and more in CI/CD, I can't see any going back. There's just nothing in GitHub that would allow us this kind of control and flexibly and automation over the build/testing/release process.
I get it if for your own personal development you prefer GitHub (I still do), but for anything of a medium/big size that's willing to invest time and money into a fully automated release process, GitLab is the way. And I guess that's where the value of GitLab to investors lies, in its appeal to the enterprise sector.