I fail to understand the use of python in a distributed environment while the language has such poor concurrency support (on top of the lack of a type system). You can make your application HA, but they are obviously not trying to squeeze out every CPU cycle.
Python at Netflix
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
From what I understand from their talk on how they (don't) do devops they adopt a polygot architecture and teams use different languages.
Different teams using different languages doesn't mean they don't do DevOps.
I read that as "in a talk on how they don't do devops they also happened to talk about how their teams are polyglots".
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#113Wasn't Netflix a Node.JS shop two years ago when Node was popular and now when Python is the most popular they are a Python shop ? :P (sarcasm) It's good to use many languages as it favors a micro-service architecture.
It's good to use many languages as it favors a micro-service architecture.
I'd argue the converse: one advantage of a micro-service architecture is that it lets you use the best language for any particular task (where best could be "what your team is most comfortable with" or "has the most extensive library support" or something else).
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#114Id like to contribute to the netflix code base by offering what is obviously a missing but much needed piece of code: def enableAutoPlay( flag ): annoyingAutoPlay = flag return
TV's should also have this feature. When you switch to a new channel, it should be displayed in a paused state and you should press a button on the remote to start playing.
Auto-play doesn't make sense anywhere, streaming apps, youtube, or TVs. Only crazy people expect video to auto-play in a video app.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their job site is a big /dev/null however. I spent several years dutifully submitting for numerous jobs with twenty years experience in internet and VFX in Hollywood and didn't even get an "other direction" form-letter for my trouble. (They don't date their posts so you have no idea which are active.) Netflix is in biking distance, but instead I work for a company on the east coast, 4000km away, waking at the crack o…
The only way to get hired at competitive companies is via referral - if you live in the Bay Area you probably know someone or know someone who knows someone at Netflix. Trying any other way is a lottery - and if you didn’t go to MIT/Stanford/CalTech/Harvard then your odds are pretty bad. The other way is already working at a famous company and having another famous company send you a recruitment email via linked in,…
You're right of course. Unfortunately Netflix is newish to the content business and all my contacts are at more mature companies.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been resisting Python for years, but it just keeps getting more popular (and support and more/better libraries come along with that), so I might just stop fighting using it for local scripts and small GUI projects.
Why would you resist it?
It would be nice if the language was typed. Easier for overall maintenance, and refactoring for big projects.
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#117Interesting. I had it in my head that Netflix was a pure Java shop. Was I wrong in the first place, or has something changed?
I believe their is a fair bit of Kotlin used there too (based on some @netflix.com addresses in Kotlin libraries like Strikt)
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#118Do you know what the Netflix culture is regarding remote work ? I've been looking for a job for the first time in 10 years of Python, and Netflix is one of the rare big companies that I still have respect for. https://jobs.netflix.com/ has several offers I would be a good fit for, but I'm not ready to relocate to the US.
> but I'm not ready to relocate to the US Even if you wanted to, it's nearly impossible to immigrate to the US as a skilled worker legally . I have a friend who is an really talented programmer (and a really diligent worker) who studied Computer Science at some of the best universities in Europe: École Centrale Paris and the EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland. One of his biggest desires fo…
> Even if you wanted to, it's nearly impossible to immigrate to the US as a skilled worker legally.
Nearly impossible? Come on, this is a gross exaggeration. Get a job at a FAANG or unicorn in Europe, work there for 1 - 2 years, transfer to the US on an L1 visa, then apply for H1B each year until you get it. I know several people who have done this. Hell, Microsoft opened an office in Vancouver specifically to move failed H1B's there until they can get an L1.
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#119Reason #8,201 not to model your org after FAANG: writing custom software just to operate your site is like building your own tools to till your farm. I suppose if you hire world-class toolmakers you'll have some very good tools, but that's not quite the point of the farm, is it?
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#120Id like to contribute to the netflix code base by offering what is obviously a missing but much needed piece of code: def enableAutoPlay( flag ): annoyingAutoPlay = flag return
Afaik you can disable autoplay in the options?