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How I Built This - #2 - Instagram

The night Instagram launched, it crashed, but didn't burn

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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Notes: Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched their photo-sharing app with a server that crashed every other hour. Despite a chaotic start, Instagram became one of the most popular apps in the world.
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