Surprisingly GitLab feels very dated. Their drive has been toward enterprise sales instead of product IMO. Nothing bad about that - but focus on product development at least as well.
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Not sure how frequently you're using GitLab but we recently updated our navigation. Feedback on the new nav is being collected here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409005
We've also invested heavily in AI features including Code Suggestions which is free for all users while in beta. You can read more about the AI features in GitLab here: https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/ai/