I hated Phabricator for all the years I had to use it. The expected workflow was completely impossible to understand to me. And the name of the tools completely opaque ("Herald"? "Maniphest"? "Phriction"??)
We ended up switching to Gitlab because Github-style code reviews are just so much easier to deal with. They hit the spot between "good enough" and "easy to use". Phabricator's bloat made it unbearable
Totally agree on the "cute" naming (and the cute strings too, turning them off on new installations is probably what most people do). If you can look past that, it is a well integrated and modern tool. Or was.
Don't understand moving to Gitlab because of the bloat though. There are lots of lighter weight tools, but Gitlab is the whole kitchen sink and then some. The integrated-ness is part of the package with these tools.
We ended up switching to Gitlab because Github-style code reviews are just so much easier to deal with. They hit the spot between "good enough" and "easy to use". Phabricator's bloat made it unbearable