How Meta Built Threads in Five Months
A small engineering team at Meta took Threads from concept to launch in roughly five months, making it the most successful app debut ever with over 100 million users in its first five days. That speed was only possible because of Meta's pre-existing systems and infrastructure.
On the latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, host Pascal Hartig (@passy) speaks with Threads engineers Joy Qiu, Cameron Roth, and Richard Zadorozny, who worked on the backend, iOS, and Android sides of the project respectively. The conversation covers the inside story behind the app and the challenges the team encountered while shipping it.
The episode is available now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts, Overcast, and Castro. The Meta Tech Podcast is produced by Meta and highlights the work of its engineers, from low-level frameworks to end-user features.
