Making Direct Messages Reliable and Fast

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

Instant Feedback in iOS Engineering Workflows

Instagram gives iOS devs instant feedback to speed up their work.

Improving Performance with Background Data Prefetching

Instagram fetches data early in the background to keep feeds flowing.

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.