--- title: "Designing Scalable Instagram Architecture - System Design" url: https://daily.dev/posts/designing-scalable-instagram-architecture---system-design-jwf2slbjt source_url: https://blog.nlogn.co/designing-scalable-instagram-architecture-system-design type: article source: "Hashnode" published: 2020-09-27T07:17:02.700Z updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z tags: ["architecture"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 12 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Designing Scalable Instagram Architecture - System Design **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 6 min read · 12 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The prerequisite for learning the Instagram architecture design is, how to design a URL Shortner Service like a tiny URL. Please read it here… 1. What is Instagram? Instagram is a free photo & video-sharing and social networking service that is very ... ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 1 upvotes > It's a good article if you're preparing yourself for an interview. But for a practical use case, I would suggest starting simple. This complex architecture is very hard to build and maintain. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/designing-scalable-instagram-architecture---system-design-jwf2slbjt)