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LinkedIN is a Java/Scala shop. Other than Dropbox (well, technically they seem to move toward Go/Rust? for core critical infrastructure), I rarely see medium t

LinkedIN is a Java/Scala shop. Other than Dropbox (well, technically they seem to move toward Go/Rust? for core critical infrastructure), I rarely see medium to big scal projects using largely Python. Instagram, while uses Python, is relatively small size shop/group of people. I don't know well how big pinterest/eventbrite. Some BigCos are using Python for less important projects (scratching their itch maybe?) I don't mean to disrespect the language or the community, I prefer it over other languages but after reading all Python success story, I concluded that more of them are just for morale booster for the community. 10 years large scale Python project is probably very rare...(maybe YouTube but the again the major use of Youtube is their video/streaming, non-Python)

sanxiyn 10y ago
To me, saying YouTube is non-Python is like saying Facebook is non-PHP.
- pjmlp 10y ago
  Facebook has long stop using PHP in its pure form and also adopted many other languages. They are now using HHVM, Hack, Reason, Erlang, C++, JavaScript, OCaml, Haskell. YouTube has moved some of their core components to Go.
knabacks 10y ago
Maybe you look at the false examples :) http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office/acquisitions/ironport.html http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office... = Cisco Web & Email Security The Source for the Server is now open source: https://github.com/ironport/shrapnel https://github.com/ironport/shrapnel (python / cython /Pyrex) And disqus had run mainly on Python before they moved some parts to Go-Lang https://github.com/disqus https://github.com/disqus Many Gov's / Edu's run on Plone
- edwinnathaniel 10y ago
  Plone, while written in Python, should be considered as a packaged app. These small units of govt and edu mostly just install it with a few modifications/installed plugins. No offense to disqus but they are relatively small. So I believe my statement still holds true.
raverbashing 10y ago
> Some BigCos are using Python for less important projects (scratching their itch maybe?) You are very very wrong, but I'm not violating any NDAs here
- edwinnathaniel 10y ago
  Very wrong sounds absolutes while my statement clearly generalizing the situation, which means there will be rare exceptions. But those are just rare exceptions.

sanxiyn 10y ago

To me, saying YouTube is non-Python is like saying Facebook is non-PHP.

pjmlp 10y ago
Facebook has long stop using PHP in its pure form and also adopted many other languages. They are now using HHVM, Hack, Reason, Erlang, C++, JavaScript, OCaml, Haskell. YouTube has moved some of their core components to Go.

knabacks 10y ago

Maybe you look at the false examples :) http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office/acquisitions/ironport.html http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office... = Cisco Web & Email Security The Source for the Server is now open source: https://github.com/ironport/shrapnel https://github.com/ironport/shrapnel (python / cython /Pyrex) And disqus had run mainly on Python before they moved some parts to Go-Lang https://github.com/disqus https://github.com/disqus Many Gov's / Edu's run on Plone

edwinnathaniel 10y ago
Plone, while written in Python, should be considered as a packaged app. These small units of govt and edu mostly just install it with a few modifications/installed plugins. No offense to disqus but they are relatively small. So I believe my statement still holds true.

raverbashing 10y ago

> Some BigCos are using Python for less important projects (scratching their itch maybe?) You are very very wrong, but I'm not violating any NDAs here

edwinnathaniel 10y ago
Very wrong sounds absolutes while my statement clearly generalizing the situation, which means there will be rare exceptions. But those are just rare exceptions.