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by rkallos 586 days ago
For what it's worth, Grindr's chat hasn't been powered by XMPP since April 2024.
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ptman 586 days ago
Please elaborate. Why? What is it using now?
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rkallos 586 days ago
They switched to microservices written in Kotlin, resembling the rest of their backend stack. They had an easier time hiring and retaining Kotlin developers than Erlang/Elixir developers.
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