Sorry, this is totally insane. The author said the strike price on his options is $0.27. Gitlab is preparing to IPO at about $66, which would make his 15,000 shares worth nearly $1 million. He's going to throw that away because he's disgruntled with the company?
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653482/000162828...
Edit: I thought this was a recent post, didn't realize this was from 2017.