Instagram Co-founders Advice To Developers: Keep Things as Simple as Possible

Mike Krieger, the Instagram co-founder you rarely hear about, took the stage Thursday morning at GigaOms Mobilize conference to talk about the beginnings of Instagram and how the app was able to scale to accommodate its huge influx of users a number that has now reached 100 million.

His advice? Keep things as simple as possible.

Rather than try and invent the wheel, Krieger suggests that app developers rely on already proven technologies.

Part of our stability has come form choosing things that was trust, says Krieger. In your first version, dont overthink things. Prove your concept, and then figure out where you want to go deeper.

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