Replace old Source Code team names on Repository Services and H&M pages

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title: Create

description: >-

  The Create Stage is a group of teams including

  Code Review, Remote Development, and Source Code.

  The Create Stage is a group of teams including Source Code.

---

## Hello

[We're the Create Stage](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/engineering-managers/) and we are a group of teams within the DevOps Department. We're comprised of three areas [within the GitLab product](/handbook/product/categories/#create-stage).

[We're the Create Stage](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/engineering-managers/) and we are a group of teams within the DevOps Department. We're comprised of the teams below, working on areas [within the GitLab product](/handbook/product/categories/#create-stage).

| Team | Engineering Managers |

| ---- | -------------------- |

| [Create Stage](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/) | [André Luís](https://gitlab.com/andr3) |

| [Create:Code Review](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/code-review/) | [François Rosé](https://gitlab.com/francoisrose) |

| [Create:Agentic Preview](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/agentic-preview/) | [Daniel Lanthier](https://gitlab.com/dclannn) |

| [Create:Change Record](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/change-record/) | [Daniel Lanthier](https://gitlab.com/dclannn) |

| [Create:Repository Services](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/repository-services/) | [Armin Pašalić](https://gitlab.com/armin.pasalic) |

| [Create:Source Code Hardening and Modernization](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/hardening-and-modernization/) (temporary, to 2027-09-10) | [Vladimir Shushlin](https://gitlab.com/vshushlin) |

| [Create:Import](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/import/) | [Thiago Figueiró](https://gitlab.com/thiagocsf) (Fullstack) — Reports to {{< manager-by-report-name "Thiago Figueiró" >}} |

| [Create:Remote Development](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/remote-development/) | — |

## Mission

Each team work in the manner that best meets the needs of their product and their team.

- [Create Engineering Managers](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/engineering-managers/)

- [Remote Development Team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/remote-development/)

- [Code Review Team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/code-review/#work)

- Source Code Team [Backend](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/backend/#workflow), [Frontend](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/code-review/frontend/#work)

- [Agentic Preview Team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/agentic-preview/)

- [Change Record Team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/change-record/)

- [Repository Services Team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/repository-services/)

- [Source Code Hardening and Modernization Team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/hardening-and-modernization/)

### Working with product and design

| Image | Name | Title | Team | Reports to | LinkedIn |

| ----- | ---- | ----- | ---- | ---- | -------- |

  | ![''](/images/team/andreluis.jpg "André Luís")           | André Luís | Senior Engineering Manager |  [Code Review](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/code-review/frontend/) (Frontend) | {{< manager-by-report-name "André Luís" >}} | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr3/) |

| ![''](/images/team/andrerichards.jpg "Andre Richards")   | Andre Richards | Engineering Manager | [Source Code](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/backend/) (Backend) | {{< manager-by-report-name "Andre Richards" >}} | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-richards) |

| ![''](https://gitlab-com.gitlab.io/www-gitlab-com/images/team/apasalic-crop.jpg "Armin Pašalić")          | Armin Pašalić | Manager, Engineering | [Repository Services](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/repository-services/) (Backend) and [Plan:Planner Intelligence](/handbook/engineering/devops/plan/planner-intelligence/) | {{< manager-by-report-name "Armin Pašalić" >}} | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/krule) |

 | ![''](/images/team/francoisrose.png "François")          | François Rosé | Fullstack Engineering Manager | [Code Review](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/code-review/backend/) (Backend) | {{< manager-by-report-name "François Rosé" >}} | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fvarose) |

 | ![''](/images/team/thiagofigueiro.jpg "Thiago")          | Thiago Figueiró | Fullstack Engineering Manager | [Import](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/import/) | {{< manager-by-report-name "Thiago Figueiró" >}} | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiago-figueir%C3%B3-03395b373/) |

| Vladimir Shushlin | Engineering Manager | Plan |

| Kerri Miller | Staff Backend Engineer | [Create:Repository Services](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/repository-services/) |

| Emma Park | Backend Engineer | [Create:Repository Services](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/repository-services/) |

| Chaoyue Zhao | Frontend Engineer | Create:Source Code Investigation |

| Chaoyue Zhao | Frontend Engineer | [Create:Change Record](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/change-record/) |

| Anastasia Khomchenko | Senior Frontend Engineer | Plan:Portfolio Planning |

## Stable counterparts

## What we expect to own

The split of the Source Code surface between the four teams is still being agreed with the Source Code Triage, Source Code Investigation and Hardening and Modernization teams. The features below are the ones expected to move to Repository Services; the list will be updated once the backlog move is done.

The split of the Source Code surface between the four teams is still being agreed with the [Agentic Preview](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/agentic-preview/), [Change Record](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/change-record/) and [Hardening and Modernization](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/hardening-and-modernization/) teams. The features below are the ones expected to move to Repository Services; the list will be updated once the backlog move is done.

- Repository mirroring (push, pull and bidirectional)

- Git LFS

## What we do not own

- **The rest of Source Code.** The Source Code Triage and Source Code Investigation teams own the Source Code features outside the list above, until the split is agreed.

- **The rest of Source Code.** The [Agentic Preview](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/agentic-preview/) and [Change Record](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/change-record/) teams own the Source Code features outside the list above, until the split is agreed.

- **Systemic security and frontend modernization.** The temporary [Source Code Hardening and Modernization team](/handbook/engineering/devops/create/source-code/hardening-and-modernization/) owns this work and hands the results over to the feature teams.

- **Gitaly itself.** The [Gitaly team](/handbook/engineering/infrastructure-platforms/tenant-scale/gitaly/) owns Gitaly. We build on its primitives.

- **Planning.** A planning issue is generated monthly in [gitlab-org/create-stage](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/create-stage/-/issues) with the title `Repository Services <MILESTONE> Planning`, starting with 19.6. We plan on the boards listed below.

- **Retrospectives.** [async-retrospectives](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/async-retrospectives) generates our retrospectives into [gl-retrospectives/create-stage/source-code](https://gitlab.com/gl-retrospectives/create-stage/source-code), shared with the other Source Code teams. A dedicated project may follow.

- **Gitaly sync.** A recurring sync with the Gitaly team, because we build on Gitaly's primitives. How requirements are carried back to Gitaly is still being agreed and will be documented here.

- **Feature category and error budget.** Not assigned yet. Source Code's single feature category, `source_code_management`, stays with Source Code Investigation until it is split. The split, and the error budget that comes with it, are tracked in the [setup issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/create-stage/-/work_items/13314).

- **Feature category and error budget.** Not assigned yet. Source Code's single feature category, `source_code_management`, stays with the teams that own the rest of Source Code until it is split. The split, and the error budget that comes with it, are tracked in the [setup issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/create-stage/-/work_items/13314).

## Boards