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		jajajajajajajaj on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backend of Meta Threads is built with Python 3.10 If you want the real answer, it’s because Instagram was acquired and the startup used Django. That’s it.

oaiey on July 6, 2023 | [–]

Exactly. This is all over engineered thinking. They probably pulled the core Instagram engineering team and gave them a new task. They used what they had.

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