{"id":21199,"date":"2024-05-14T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/?p=21199"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:33:34","slug":"threads-for-web-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2024\/05\/14\/web\/threads-for-web-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes of Threads for web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2023\/09\/07\/culture\/threads-inside-story-metas-newest-social-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Threads first launched<\/a> one of the top feature requests was for a web client.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, Pascal Hartig (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@passy_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@passy<\/a>) sits down with Ally C. and Kevin C., two engineers on the Threads Web Team that delivered the basic version of Threads for web in just under three months.<\/p>\n<p>Ally and Kevin share how their team moved swiftly by leveraging <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2023\/12\/19\/core-infra\/how-meta-built-the-infrastructure-for-threads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta\u2019s shared infrastructure<\/a> and the nimble engineering practices of their colleagues who <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2023\/11\/06\/android\/how-meta-built-threads-in-5-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">built Threads for iOS and Android<\/a>. 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