Python was first used at Flo because we needed quick prototyping and product idea validation. So, the very first backend architecture was built as a monolithic Python web service. Now we use it for ML-related projects, building web services for our core product, and a huge variety of utilities that help to support platforms or integrations with external tools.

We do focus on getting the most beneficial aspects of language and balancing development with Scala. Core application services include the health domain cycle predictions, managing user data, chat-bots, etc. Python helped us start development and is still capable of managing high-load.