# Dmitriy Zaporozhets Dmitriy Zaporozhets is a Ukrainian software developer and the creator of [[GitLab]]. He started GitLab in October 2011 as an open-source project while working in Ukraine, initially building it as a self-hosted alternative to [[GitHub]]. In 2012, Sid Sijbrandij discovered the project and began contributing. Together they incorporated GitLab Inc. in 2014, with Zaporozhets serving as co-founder and CTO. The company grew from an open-source side project into a major DevOps platform that went public in 2021. ## Key Contributions - Created [[GitLab]] as open-source project (2011) - Designed GitLab's core architecture - Co-founded GitLab Inc. (2014) - Served as CTO, focusing on product development ## References - https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/ ## Related - [[GitLab]] - [[Git]] - [[GitHub]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Dmitriy Zaporozhets]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Dmitriy Zaporozhets]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->