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KotlinSoftware
We started using Kotlin for specific jobs within Khan Academy a year ago. Its performance benefits have saved us money, which we can apply in other ways to help people around the world learn.
Khan Academy on Kotlin, the runner-up to Go
blog.khanacademy.org ↗·2019-12-20Wrong?
Google App EngineService
We’ve been using Google App Engine since day 1, and it has worked well for us and scaled automatically as we’ve grown.
Khan Academy keeps Google App Engine for its new Go services
blog.khanacademy.org ↗·2019-12-20Wrong?
GoSoftware Google
We still like Python, but the dramatic performance difference which Go brings to us is too big to ignore, and we think we’ll be able to better support a system running on Go over the years.
Khan Academy chooses Go to rebuild its Python backend
blog.khanacademy.org ↗·2019-12-20Wrong?
GraphQLSoftware
GraphQL didn’t exist in 2009, and two years ago we decided to migrate all of our HTTP GET APIs to GraphQL, later deciding to also adopt GraphQL mutations.
Khan Academy adopts GraphQL across its APIs
blog.khanacademy.org ↗·2019-12-20Wrong?
PythonSoftware
We still like Python, but the dramatic performance difference which Go brings to us is too big to ignore, and we think we’ll be able to better support a system running on Go over the years.
Khan Academy moves its backend off Python
blog.khanacademy.org ↗·2019-12-20Wrong?
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