Perplexity and FastAPI

1 pointsslroger9mo ago2 comments

Why does Perplexity use FastAPI over say Django? Clearly they are doing well and could have done well with either but I'm curious why they went with FastAPI over a more tried and tested framework like Django. The only proof I've found they use FastAPI on the backend are the job postings.(https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/perplexityai/jobs/4601047007)

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minimaxir9mo ago

Django is batteries included. Sometimes you don't need the batteries.

slrogerOP9mo ago

Thank you, makes sense. Think I’ll try checking it out

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Perplexity and FastAPI

1 pointsslroger9mo ago2 comments

2 comments

minimaxir9mo ago

Django is batteries included. Sometimes you don't need the batteries.

slrogerOP9mo ago

Thank you, makes sense. Think I’ll try checking it out

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