▲ 72 ▼ Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? (blog.jetbrains.com) submitted 11 months ago by namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Instagram's back bone is written in python. I'd say that's pretty scaled. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) No, it's not. It was rewritten in Facebook's version of PHP when they bought them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Here's a blog post from meta, they introduced immortal objects to python to help with their Instagram scaling. https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/15/developer-tools/immortal-objects-for-python-instagram-meta/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago Huh, TIL, I didn't realize they kept the gateway servers in Python. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) No, it's not. It was rewritten in Facebook's version of PHP when they bought them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Here's a blog post from meta, they introduced immortal objects to python to help with their Instagram scaling. https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/15/developer-tools/immortal-objects-for-python-instagram-meta/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago Huh, TIL, I didn't realize they kept the gateway servers in Python. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Here's a blog post from meta, they introduced immortal objects to python to help with their Instagram scaling. https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/15/developer-tools/immortal-objects-for-python-instagram-meta/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago Huh, TIL, I didn't realize they kept the gateway servers in Python. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 11 months ago Huh, TIL, I didn't realize they kept the gateway servers in Python. permalink fedilink source parent