Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was Thread, the IoT home automation protocol and that they were moving into Alexa-like features or something. So many different technologies with the same name :(
For a moment I thought it was about the Instagram Threads team, and I thought surely not.
Then I saw that the tweet mentioned Instagram Threads when skim reading and I was confused.
But no. This is about a startup named Threads that was approached by Instagram for the domain Threads.com that this startup owned. And this startup ultimately got aquired by Shopify.
well it depends.. remix is just the compiler, your backend is just whatever node/cloudflare/whatever framework/libraries you want. so no, it's nothing like rails in the batteries-included sense, but if someone built their server using node previously, it's the exact same using remix
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 42.7 ms ] threadwhat was threads.com?
https://archive.is/mWdxZ
It says:
> Threads is a workplace communications tool.
> Designed for teams of...
and then:
> Threads are made up of blocks, arranged to organize ideas.
> In 4 easy steps, we'll show you how to use them to share updates, meeting notes, plans, documents, announcements, questions, and presentations.
Further down are some images of a workplace messenger that looks like somewhere between an email client and Slack.
https://framerusercontent.com/images/gtX6DuzLQKg1ObGx4vz6jlN...
Then I saw that the tweet mentioned Instagram Threads when skim reading and I was confused.
But no. This is about a startup named Threads that was approached by Instagram for the domain Threads.com that this startup owned. And this startup ultimately got aquired by Shopify.
So does not surprise if he is doing this as an acqui-hire to get more quality RoR Devs to join Shopify!
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKUEXBF3B4