> Instagram uses Python (Django) for its backend. By using the same backend for Threads, we could leverage a lot of the existing tech stack for Threads and reuse most of our existing data models, business logic, security features, and server infrastructure. This also meant users could sign in to the app with their existing Instagram account, making it super simple to onboard and set up your Threads app.
Looks like Python and Django is extremely scalable at Facebook scale, even after using Threads I didn't realise any downtime at all.
It would be possible for Mastodon to learn from this so that they too can scale to 200 million users.
Looks like Python and Django is extremely scalable at Facebook scale, even after using Threads I didn't realise any downtime at all.
It would be possible for Mastodon to learn from this so that they too can scale to 200 million users.