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rkallos 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging

For what it's worth, Grindr's chat hasn't been powered by XMPP since April 2024.

ptman 3 months ago [–]

Please elaborate. Why? What is it using now?

rkallos 3 months 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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