{"id":795,"date":"2023-11-21T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/11\/21\/writing-and-linting-python-at-scale\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T17:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:00:59","slug":"writing-and-linting-python-at-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/11\/21\/writing-and-linting-python-at-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing and linting Python at scale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Python plays a big part at Meta. It powers Instagram\u2019s backend<\/a> and plays an important role in our configuration systems, as well as much of our AI work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meta even made contributions to Python 3.12<\/a>, the latest version of Python.<\/p>\n

On this episode of the\u00a0Meta Tech Podcast<\/a>, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy<\/a>) is joined by\u00a0Amethyst Reese, a production engineer at Meta, to discuss all things Python at Meta.<\/p>\n

They discuss: how Meta\u2019s Python Foundation Team works to improve the developer experience of everyone working with Python at Meta; Fixit 2<\/a>, Meta\u2019s recently open-sourced linter framework; and what exactly the role of production engineer at Meta entails.<\/p>\n

For more from Amethyst, be sure to read her blog post: Fixit 2: Meta\u2019s next-generation auto-fixing linter<\/a><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Meta Tech Podcast<\/a>\u00a0is a podcast, brought to you by Meta, where we highlight the work Meta\u2019s engineers are doing at every level \u2013 from low-level frameworks to end-user features.<\/p>\n

The post Writing and linting Python at scale<\/a> appeared first on Engineering at Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Engineering at Meta<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Python plays a big part at Meta. It powers Instagram\u2019s backend and plays an important role in our configuration systems, as well as much of our AI work. Meta even made contributions to Python 3.12, the latest version of Python. On this episode of the\u00a0Meta Tech Podcast, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy) is joined by\u00a0Amethyst… Continue reading Writing and linting Python at scale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":824,"url":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/meta-loves-python\/","url_meta":{"origin":795,"position":0},"title":"Meta loves Python","date":"February 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By now you\u2019re already aware that Python 3.12 has been released. But did you know that several of its new features were developed by Meta? 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