It's easy to respond with general opinions to a general article like this. It's a lot harder to comment on a specific design without an understanding of the business/product goals the design is trying to achieve.
However.
My totally irrelevant opinion on Sourcegraph is that it does a really good job of balancing high information density (which I love) with comprehensibility.
Of course I don't love the hamburger menu, but if it works for your users, great. The top-level menu items are few and seem well-differentiated, although I haven't dug in too deeply. I think you could probably do an iOS-style tab bar, but I know they don't always work too well on the web, and it might eat into your vertical real estate. No hamburger on desktop, which is nice.
Where it shines is in the filters, which are tremendous. Really, really easy to understand, and the response time when you click one is very fast.
Love the contrast, colors are pleasing. Spinny logo is cute and fun.
OK, now ignore all of that and listen to your users instead. :)
However.
My totally irrelevant opinion on Sourcegraph is that it does a really good job of balancing high information density (which I love) with comprehensibility.
Of course I don't love the hamburger menu, but if it works for your users, great. The top-level menu items are few and seem well-differentiated, although I haven't dug in too deeply. I think you could probably do an iOS-style tab bar, but I know they don't always work too well on the web, and it might eat into your vertical real estate. No hamburger on desktop, which is nice.
Where it shines is in the filters, which are tremendous. Really, really easy to understand, and the response time when you click one is very fast.
Love the contrast, colors are pleasing. Spinny logo is cute and fun.
OK, now ignore all of that and listen to your users instead. :)