Making Direct Messages Reliable and Fast

Instagram tunes DMs to be quick and trustworthy for every user.

Building a Better Instagram App for Android

Instagram upgrades their Android app to feel smoother and fresher.

Improving Comment Rendering on Android

Instagram speeds up comment rendering on Android for quick chats.

Fast Auto-Generated Streaming JSON Parsing for Android

Instagram parses JSON super-fast for their Android app’s needs.

Beautiful Performant Android UI

Instagram crafts Android UIs that look great and run lightning-fast.

Building an Open Source Carefree Android Disk Cache

Instagram shares an open-source disk cache that’s simple and speedy.

App Modularization and Module Lazy Loading at Instagram and Beyond

Instagram splits their app and loads it lazily for better performance.

Keeping Instagram Up with Over a Million New Users in Twelve Hours

Instagram scaled fast to handle a million new users in just 12 hours.