r/gitlab

Hello,

I am a git noob that mostly uses Gitea & Github and people keep telling me how Gitlab is awesome. So I wanted to create an account and this is the message I got :

>Your account has been blocked. Please contact your GitLab administrator if you think this is an error.

I don't have a gitlab admin and I can only create a gitlab ticket if I already have an account. What am I supposed to do? Never use gitlab?

I’m building a Splitwise-like app called Splitly using the PERN stack (PostgreSQL, Express, React, Node).

The backend is my main focus right now. I already have:

• Authentication and refresh-token flow
• Centralized error handling
• PostgreSQL
• Automated tests
• Git feature branches

I’m wondering when it makes sense to introduce CI/CD.

My current thinking is:

• Set up CI with GitHub Actions now to run type checks, linting, and tests on every push/PR.
• Add CD later, once the MVP is stable and I’m ready for deployment.

For people who work on production applications, is this a reasonable approach?

At what point in a project do you usually introduce CI/CD, and is there any reason to wait before adding CI?