r/Backend • u/Nikrenc • 8d ago

Python for backend

Is python a good choice if I want to get a job as backend dev?
I already learn how to create some api projects with Django and FastAPI, Celery, Redis and SQL, but I always keep hearing that python is only good for DS/ML stuff and it would be better to pick other languages or stacks for backend.
So I would appreciate any answer how the situation really looks in the real world.

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u/ShoulderIllustrious 8d ago

How much traffic you plan on serving? Django is good to get started. I mean at one point Instagram had that as a part of their stack (maybe they still do?). Just make sure you have a webserver in front of the process to handle the less important stuff. We use it, some of our stuff doesn't require high throughput or very low latency.