<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">Companies like Discord, Netflix, and Meta are reassessing their technological strategies.Instagram's recommendation system operates over 1,000 machine learning models for different aspects of the user experience.Meta engineers introduced a central model registry to document each model's role, criticality, and technical metadata.The model registry improved operational triage and enabled policy enforcement and automation.Instagram introduced model stability as a core health metric to address inaccuracy issues.The launch pipeline at Instagram has been automated end-to-end, reducing launch time significantly.Meta created virtual capacity pools for teams at Instagram to manage resource allocation better.The changes at Instagram highlight the complexities of operating with over 1,000 machine learning models.The process ensures that important models don't become unstable, improving user experience.The article gives insights into the technology behind Instagram's user experience and machine learning models.