# Sid Sijbrandij on Reddit (u/sytses)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/sid-sijbrandij

Sid Sijbrandij: Co-founder and former CEO of GitLab.

- Reddit account: [u/sytses](https://www.reddit.com/user/sytses/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: ["GitLab team" flair from r/gitlab's moderators](https://www.reddit.com/r/gitlab/comments/8o3tcq/github_being_acquired_by_m_good_or_bad_news_for/e00xekv/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/programming (6), r/gitlab (4), r/linux (3), r/devops (2), r/kilocode (2), r/ProgrammerHumor (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2013 to 2026
- Wikipedia: 

## Moments

### u/sytses in r/ProgrammerHumor, Jun 3, 2014 · Funny

Replying to the post "[gitlab] Nice, v 7.0.0 breaks my workflow...".

> GitLab B.V. CEO here, feel free to submit a merge request to fix this.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/276ybv/gitlab_nice_v_700_breaks_my_workflow/chy1byb/ · 19 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/sytses in r/gitlab, Jun 3, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Already seeing a #movingtogitlab trend on Twitter.

> Awesome, I started https://twitter.com/movingtogitlab a few hours ago while driving as a passenger, amazing how fast things can go.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gitlab/comments/8o3tcq/github_being_acquired_by_m_good_or_bad_news_for/e00xekv/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026