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jet.com https://tech.jet.com/blog/2016/02-05-jet-engine-built-2015/ https://tech.jet.com/blog/2016/02-05-jet-engine-built-2015/ . F# on Azure. Acquired by Walm
by plinkplonk 10y ago
jet.com https://tech.jet.com/blog/2016/02-05-jet-engine-built-2015/ https://tech.jet.com/blog/2016/02-05-jet-engine-built-2015/ . F# on Azure. Acquired by Walmart for 3 billion in cash.
From the article "in this case for massive distributed systems Functional Languages are the right tool
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Immutability at scale is really important because it allows you to go from 30k members to a staggering 2.5 Million+ and not even feel blip within 3 months, like we did here at Jet from the end of July to October. That’s powerful!"
- Slackwise 10y agoDo you guys do anything with the Clojure devs at Walmart Labs?
- plinkplonk 10y agoWho is 'you guys'? :-) I personally know some of the Clojure devs at WL who came in via the Runa acquisition from my ThoughtWorks days.