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## Working at the time of Covid19 ## Working at the time of Covid19
So looks like 2020 is the year of remote working for the whole lot of people. Hey, welcome to the club! Our team has been working remotely since 2013 and now we are distributed in 5 different time zones. So looks like 2020 is the year of remote working for the whole lot of people. Hey, welcome to the club! Our team has been working remotely since 2013, and now we are distributed in 5 different time zones. For us remote working has been a lot of fun, all you need is the right setup that enables everybody to be connected and be productive.
We obviously couldn't do it without the digital infrstructure, and that's what we're going to share here. Remote work, but what do we use as technology for that? We got you. Here's a practical list of tech stack we use in our daily business: remote working chez ungleich, check it out. We obviously couldn't do it without the digital infrstructure. Lately we've been getting a lot of requests for sharing tips for which tool or software to use for remote working, and we thought it'd be a good idea to share a practical list of tech stack we use in our daily business. So, here we go: remote working stack chez ungleich.
## How we decide what to use ## How we decide what to use
A disclaimer: we’re an open-source, sustainability focused IT company. So we decide which tools to use by these criteria. Before we continue, an important disclaimer: we’re an open-source, sustainability focused IT company. So we decide which tools to use by these criteria.
1. open source 1. open source
2. sustainablility 2. sustainablility
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## 4. Code hosting - Gitlab ## 4. Code hosting - Gitlab
We used GitHub before, but [we decided to move to our own Gitlab in 2018](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2018/10/18/moving-away-github/) due to GitHub's lack of #IPv6 support and some other issues. It turned out to be a very good idea, and we're hosting Gitlab for our customers too. We used GitHub before, but [we decided to move to our own Gitlab in 2018](https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2018/10/18/moving-away-github/) due to GitHub's lack of #IPv6 support and some other issues. We are very happy with our new home, and that's why we're hosting Gitlab for our customers too.
![](/u/image/github-penguin.jpg) ![](/u/image/github-penguin.jpg)
## A decision with sustainability goes a long way ## A decision with sustainability goes a long way
So that’s what we use at our company. And we run it all on our servers with renewable energy. Many of you who are new to remote working might have to make decisions in a hurry, but try to remember that decisions with sustainability in mind saves a lot of pain in the long run, and also saves our environment. As we disclosed at the beginning, sustainability is an important factor for us so we run all of the above on our servers with renewable energy.
Many of you who are new to remote working might have to make decisions in a hurry, but try to remember that decisions with sustainability in mind saves a lot of pain in the long run, and also saves our environment.
![](/u/image/decarbonize-penguin.jpg) ![](/u/image/decarbonize-penguin.jpg)
## Questions? ## Questions?
If you have some questions on the above stack, our remote-working team is around to give you answers. ;) Stay healthy, and happy remote working to you all! It can be overwhelming when you need to decide what to use for a new style of work: you'll have to use it every day and you want to make a right decision. Our approach is that we know where are values stand such as decentralisation, open source, sustainability, and we try to make our decisions aligned to our values. For us working remotely with open source is fun and exciting, it gives so much freedom to everybody involved.
If you have any questions on above stack, our remote-working team is around to give you answers. ;) Stay healthy, and happy remote working to you all!
![](/u/image/zerocarbon_no.jpg) ![](/u/image/zerocarbon_no.jpg)