Instagram Makes a Smooth Move to Python 3
“Yeah, Python is great in so many ways, too bad it’s not really scalable.”<p>I'm not even sure what this means anymore. I guess I'm just not sure how any language, when used correctly, could be inherently unscalable. My guess is statements like this came from a time when monoliths were the application design of choice? Now, assuming Instagram has just 1,000 photo handling servers, each one is only responsible for 95,000 photos a day.<p>Of course, that's not to say that Instagram doesn't have CAP issues. It does, especially in the "C" area, but again, not a problem inherent in the language.