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Compared to Python. No wonder.
by cynicalsecurity 3y ago
Compared to Python. No wonder.
- mkl 3y agoAnd to Java. That's more of a surprise. Most of the gains may have come from architecture changes though: "The combined effect of better architecture and Elixir saved Pinterest over $2 million per year in server costs".
- veavo 3y ago[flagged]
- jeremycarter 3y agoPython is actually bad for the environment.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoPython is fine to build a first version; you should never pick a language or architecture because you THINK you may need its performance, that's cargo cult. Pinterest could not have predicted they needed 200 servers for this workload - and they probably didn't for a long time.