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minus-squarefeddylemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoInstagram’s back bone is written in python. I’d say that’s pretty scaled.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 days agoNo, it’s not. It was rewritten in Facebook’s version of PHP when they bought them.
minus-squarefeddylemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoHere’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/
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoHuh, TIL, I didn’t realize they kept the gateway servers in Python.
Instagram’s back bone is written in python. I’d say that’s pretty scaled.
No, it’s not. It was rewritten in Facebook’s version of PHP when they bought them.
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/
Huh, TIL, I didn’t realize they kept the gateway servers in Python.