I wouldn't say JavaScript is horrible, it's a fine little language to do general things in if you know JS well. I would say, though, that it is not a great language. Give me F# and I'm happy forever. I do not like typescript that much more than JS.
GitLab isn't open source, and certainly isn't an open project first — they have a sales team, a marketing team, and a budget who does not account for getting new dev users
I don't think anyone is against paying to watch a decent quality sports stream without popups and any additional ads. I won't give the nfl $100/mo but I'll pay $50/yr for some pirated setup
Engineers don't know how to manage or include designers in their process. At least all of the "full stack" and "front end" devs I've encountered — almost always they never know how to do a single thing about design unless they have some background or appreciation for it.
Thom has a point about Trump and not playing in America. Personally I'd rather see more people boycott America.