Elixir Saves Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs

Re:Elixir Saves Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs by cynicalsecurity on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:47AM (#37304942)

Compared to Python. No wonder.

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Re:Elixir Saves Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs by mkl on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:52AM (#37304974)

And 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".

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Re:Elixir Saves Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs by veavo on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @05:34AM (#37305263)

They should have said "Python Wastes Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs"

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Re:Elixir Saves Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs by jeremycarter on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @07:24AM (#37306097)

Python is actually bad for the environment.

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Re:Elixir Saves Pinterest $2M a Year in Server Costs by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @06:12AM (#37305478)

Python 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.

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