tl;dr:Yorick suffered from burnout after leaving Gitlab in 2021 and recently found the energy to discuss what he’s learned: “(1) Scalability needs to be part of a company's culture. (2) Make teams more data and developer driven. (3) You can't determine what is "minimal viable" without data. (4) SaaS and self-hosting don't go well together. (5) More people doesn't equal better results. (6) I'm conflicted on the use of Ruby on Rails. (7) The time it takes to deploy code is vital to the success of an organization. (8) Location based salaries are discriminatory.”