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jajajajajajajaj
3y ago
The main “benefit” is that Instagram is written in Python and always has been. It’s millions of lines of code, you can’t just change it to be Java one day.
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jajajajajajajaj
3y ago
If you want the real answer, it’s because Instagram was acquired and the startup used Django. That’s it.