Discussion

• @wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x

  The new Instagram Lite is only 2MB because Instagram moved most of its application logic out of the app to the server side, similar to how React Server Components works It's like the app is now a shell https://tech.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @alexvoica Alexandru Voica on x

  Today, we're introducing Instagram Lite, a small and fast app for Android which allows people to enjoy the same core @Instagram experience, no matter what device or network they use: https://tech.fb.com/... Instagram Lite is rolling out in over 170 countries around the world. htt…

• @krausefx Felix Krause on x

  Why do we need a Silicon Valley story about how Silicon Valley companies realized people outside of Silicon Valley and Manhattan don't all have Gigabit internet connections to use their products? https://tech.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @chrismaddern Chris Maddern on x

  1. Very impressive that this app is only 2mb 2. But... this app exists only to download large photos and videos... https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @mantia Louie Mantia, Jr on x

  Sounds like it's something that could've been a website. https://twitter.com/...

• @aardrian Adrian Roselli on x

  It took one of its devs getting crappy connectivity for Instagram to realize that, hey, the rest of the world also has crappy connectivity, but now that it impacts us we will go back to server rendering and bask in our feigned inclusiveness. https://tech.fb.com/...

• @ricmac Richard MacManus on x

  Is Bloks a new React? 🤔 Also, Facebook rejects web standards, yet again ☹️ -> “the whole app was rebuilt, moving it away from being a Progressive Web App and building it instead on another internal framework called Bloks” https://techcrunch.com/...

• @dracos Matthew Somerville on x

  “To keep those features on the smaller app, [...] by offloading into the cloud much of the code from the app running on the phone.” They made a website! https://twitter.com/...

• @cramforce Malte Ubl on x

  This is the only way how to build feed based native apps today. Technology is converging. It should not be a surprise. Good ideas are good ideas. https://twitter.com/...

• @ashleyrcarman Ashley Carman on x

  interesting to see what features instagram cuts and maintains to keep instagram lite small and less data-intensive. reels made the cut bc they're pushing it in india (while tiktok is banned). but shopping, AR filters, and ads aren't available. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @dhh @dhh on x

  If it wasn't because I'd like to see Instagram burn in an eternal fire, I'd be cheering for how this further validates the hybrid approach we've been evangelizing for years. But I do, so I won't 😂 #ServerSideIsBestSide https://twitter.com/...

• @schrep Mike Schroepfer on x

  This is a huge engineering focus for FB: platforms that serve people across the world at our scale need to work well for *everyone* — not just on high-end phones with super fast connections https://about.fb.com/...