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Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? (blog.jetbrains.com)
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[–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Instagram's back bone is written in python. I'd say that's pretty scaled.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, it's not. It was rewritten in Facebook's version of PHP when they bought them.

[–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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/

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Huh, TIL, I didn't realize they kept the gateway servers in Python.