Does anyone have a theory on what enabled Instagram to get to 27m users with only 13 employees in 2012, and why that still seems very difficult today despite all the SASS products helping startups?

Some game companies also used to release a new game monthly in the 90s, without code completion, Copilot, Git, Github!

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The problem is not the stack but the distribution and capturing people's attention.

They piggybacked on Facebook and Twitter social graphs.
They made it easy to share Instagram photos on many social platforms and blogs.
They had a distinct look and feel.
They made shitty phone photos look good.

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So true, thanks for sharing!

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