Is Spotify built with Python?

Spotify’s backend consists of many interdependent services, connected by own messaging protocol over ZeroMQ. Around 80% of these services are written in Python . The non-Python services are typically written in Java, although we do have a few using C or C++. Speed is a big focus for Spotify.20 Mar 2013

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Why does Instagram choose Python?

The reasons were consistent with Instagram’s engineering motto of “Do the simple things first”: Python is user-friendly for engineers — it’s easy to get up to speed and get out the product, allowing the team to concentrate on user facing features. Python is simple and clean and favors pragmatism.14 Haz 2017

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