Standardizing On Python For All Software Projects At Ascend.io

<div class="wp-block-jetpack-markdown"><h2>Summary</h2> <p>Every software project is subject to a series of decisions and tradeoffs. One of the first decisions to make is which programming language to use. For companies where their product is software, this is a decision that can have significant impact on their overall success. In this episode Sean Knapp discusses the languages that his team at Ascend use for building a service that powers complex and business critical data workflows. He also explains his motivation to standardize on Python for all layers of their system to improve developer productivity.</p> <h2>Announcements</h2> <ul> <li>Hello and welcome to Podcast.__init__, the podcast about Python&#8217;s role in data and science.</li> <li>When you&#8217;re ready to launch your next app or want to try a project you hear about on the show, you&#8217;ll need somewhere to deploy it, so take a look at our friends over at Linode. With their managed Kubernetes platform it&#8217;s...