Hacker News: dhruvarora013

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Accenture to acquire Ookla"

dhruvarora013 — Sat, 30 May 2026 23:31:44 +0000

Worked there for half a decade and helped a little on this deal but exited right before.

Like another commenter pointed out, the deal is a data acquisition. Ookla is multimillion dollar business thanks to its awards and data programs with almost every telco a customer. Accenture was already a competitor thanks to their Umlaut acquisition

For most consumers, Ookla = Speedtest but there’s a lot more beneath the surface. Ookla owns a drive-testing firm, Downdetector (consumer based outage reporting) and a thriving SDK & server network. Most of the data comes via background tests and embedded SDK tests.

Atlassian is acquiring the Browser Company

dhruvarora013 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:25:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/atlassian-the-browser-company-deal.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45127636

Points: 146

# Comments: 2

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025)"

dhruvarora013 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:28:58 +0000

Ookla | ookla.com | Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Software Architect | US, Ireland, UK, Finland | Remote, Full-Time

As the global leader in network intelligence and connectivity insights, Ookla is the company behind Speedtest®, the world’s most popular internet performance testing platform. Today, Ookla empowers businesses, governments, and consumers to measure, understand, and improve their internet connectivity and performance worldwide.

We are growing our team and hiring for the following roles (medium to senior experience):

Software Engineer (multiple openings)

Data Engineer (multiple openings)

Software Architect (multiple openings)

Technologies: Javascript, Python, Go, Airflow, Postgres, AWS

If interested, apply here - https://www.ookla.com/careers or email me at dhruv[at]ookla.com. If you email me, I'll ensure your resume is looked at.

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Pee.ie – Public Toilets Near Me Ireland"

dhruvarora013 — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:31:02 +0000

An Ireland focused project on the frontpage - delightful!

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps"

dhruvarora013 — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:24:30 +0000

For my workplace, I built an internal orgchart and the backend is entirely Google Sheets. It's been completely hassle free and I've spent almost no time on the code since building it three years ago. As employees join and leave, HR adds/deletes a row in the sheet and only they have access to the "database" besides myself. In case of accidental deletion, there's the handy restore ability built into sheets so a database "rollback" is also trivial and can be done by HR without my input.

Sheets as a database for light web apps is absolutely joyful to build with.

Lieutenants Are the Limiting Reagent

dhruvarora013 — Wed, 08 May 2024 16:20:02 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.sbensu.com/posts/lieutenants/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40299839

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

In 1973, I invented a 'girly drink' called Baileys – The Irish Times

dhruvarora013 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:58:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/in-1973-i-invented-a-girly-drink-called-baileys-1.3240945

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40195724

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot

dhruvarora013 — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:57:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/google-parent-alphabet-weighs-offer-hubspot-sources-say-2024-04-04/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39942448

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Investing in Startups with the Series 65

dhruvarora013 — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:11:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.natecation.com/accredited-investor-investing-startups-series-65/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38808982

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching"

dhruvarora013 — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 21:32:33 +0000

My "dumb" solution here is that I've plugged all peripherals into a dock. I have a cable go from my dock to my Macbook or desktop. I have to physically replug every time but it's just the one cable for charging + data transfer so it is simple enough

Tidal Cuts over 10% of Staff Amid Austerity Moves by Jack Dorsey's Block

dhruvarora013 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:37:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/dorsey-s-ax-hits-tidal-music-service-over-10-of-staff-let-go

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38630964

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Airbnb acquires secretive firm launched by Siri co-founder

dhruvarora013 — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:02:40 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/14/airbnb-acquires-secretive-firm-launched-by-siri-co-founder/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38281644

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Welcome to the New Lifehacker

dhruvarora013 — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:45:25 +0000

Article URL: https://lifehacker.com/work/welcome-to-the-new-lifehacker

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38277941

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document"

dhruvarora013 — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 16:46:04 +0000

I made something very similar for our company's internal directory. HR is used to maintaining Google Sheets and fit really well into their workflow

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Stack Overflow Is Down"

dhruvarora013 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:56:28 +0000

Outlink to https://downdetector.com/status/stackoverflow/ since their native status checker (stackstatus.net) is also down!

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Samsung considers moving to Bing as default search engine"

dhruvarora013 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:45:50 +0000

It's not the default browser on most devices. I think the parent comment is stating that if you're technical enough to install a 3rd party browser, you're technical enough to pick your own search engine. So people chose Firefox and chose away from Yahoo

Apple has reportedly started a small number of corporate layoffs

dhruvarora013 — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:41:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/3/23668889/apple-corporate-layoffs-retail-big-tech-cuts

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35452422

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by dhruvarora013 in "Show HN: An all-in-one app designed for deep work and to build atomic habits"

dhruvarora013 — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:49:41 +0000

Interesting. Is this basically a browser that's focused on productivity? Seems like it's just adding different sites as "apps" that I can switch between?

Paper at 10 – (Not Boring) Software

dhruvarora013 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:35:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.andy.works/words/paper-at-10

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35291592

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

React.js: The Documentary – How It All Began

dhruvarora013 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:57:34 +0000

Article URL: https://cult.honeypot.io/reads/react-js-the-documentary-how-it-all-began/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34777359

Points: 3

# Comments: 0