{"id":782,"date":"2023-11-06T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/how-meta-built-threads-in-5-months\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:00:26","slug":"how-meta-built-threads-in-5-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/how-meta-built-threads-in-5-months\/","title":{"rendered":"How Meta built Threads in 5 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

In about five short months, a small team of engineers at Meta took Threads, the new text-based conversations app, from from an idea to the most successful app launch of all time, pulling in over 100M users in its first five days.<\/p>\n

But this achievement wouldn\u2019t have been possible without Meta\u2019s existing systems and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

On the latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast<\/a>, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy<\/a>) is joined by Joy Qiu<\/span>,\u00a0Cameron Roth,<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Richard Zadorozny,\u00a0<\/span>three engineers from the Threads team, who worked on backend, iOS, and Android respectively.<\/p>\n

Learn more of the inside story behind Threads<\/a> and the challenges their team faced along the way.<\/p>\n

Download or listen to to the episode below:<\/p>\n\n

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The post How Meta built Threads in 5 months<\/a> appeared first on Engineering at Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In about five short months, a small team of engineers at Meta took Threads, the new text-based conversations app, from from an idea to the most successful app launch of all time, pulling in over 100M users in its first five days. 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