Hacker News: dobreandl

New comment by dobreandl in "I am building a cloud"

dobreandl — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:06:23 +0000

We've configured our Hetzner servers with terraform, so we can easily spin up a new one in case we notice that we need another slave to handle extra work (1-2 mins). Ansible is responsible for configuring the server, installing all the required packages and software (not all our infrastructure is deployed with Kamal, for instance we have clickhouse instances, DBs, redis etc and normal app slaves). TLDR; it helps us have a new instance up an runing in minutes, or recreating our infrastructure for a new client environment

New comment by dobreandl in "I am building a cloud"

dobreandl — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:33:24 +0000

We've reduced our costs on Hetzner to about 10% on what we've paid on Heroku, for 10x performance. Kamal really kicks ass, and you can have a pretty complicated infrastructure up in no time. We're using terraform, ansible + kamal for deploys, no issues whatsoever.

New comment by dobreandl in "Show HN: Grovs – Open-source attribution to escape the 'Big Tech' tax"

dobreandl — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:31:06 +0000

Our cloud deployment servers over 10 million unique active users / day, so I would say it works fairly well, our average latency is ~50ms. If you want to self deploy this at a large scale, I recommend multiple worker nodes and a beefy DB, happy to share our live configuration, but that really depends on your uscase.

New comment by dobreandl in "Show HN: Grovs – Open-source attribution to escape the 'Big Tech' tax"

dobreandl — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:24:19 +0000

We're hosting our servers in EU on hetzner, do a lot of dev ops, instead of using AWS or Google Cloud, and have way less overhead and a smaller engineering team than the other competitors.

Show HN: Grovs – Open-source attribution to escape the 'Big Tech' tax

dobreandl — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:16:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.grovs.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764624

Points: 3

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Show HN: Grovs – Mobile deep linking and attribution, 60% cheaper

dobreandl — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:54:02 +0000

Hey HN,

We built https://grovs.io – a lightweight, EU-based alternative to Firebase Dynamic Links, Branch, and Appsflyer.

It handles: • Deep links & deferred deep links • Campaign attribution • Invites & referral systems • Cross-platform messaging

We’re already live in production apps and priced about 40% lower than the big incumbents.

We’re also building a better dashboard with clearer metrics, cross-platform messaging, and upcoming support for in-app purchases and subscription tracking.

Why we built it: existing solutions are expensive, overcomplicated, and not EU-native. We wanted something simple, transparent, and easy to integrate.

If you’re working on a mobile app (iOS or Android), I’d love for you to try it out and let us know what you think — feedback on product, docs, or onboarding would be super helpful.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44669593

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dobreandl in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

dobreandl — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 04:44:29 +0000

We're building Grovs (https://grovs.io), an alternative to Firebase Dynamic Links, Branch.io, and AppFlyer. It handles dynamic links, attribution tracking, and referral analytics—great for deep linking and marketing—at about 40% of the cost.

New comment by dobreandl in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)"

dobreandl — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:41:09 +0000

I'm developing a deep-linking marketing tool for mobile apps that's significantly more affordable than competitors. I run a software development agency specializing in integrating deep-linking platforms like Branch and marketing attribution tools such as Adjust and AppsFlyer, but their costs are sky-high. That’s why we’re building https://grovs.io — offering the same functionality at just 40% of the price.

In summary, our tool lets you generate dynamic links, track attributions, and analyze referrals. You can easily see which links and marketing campaigns drive the most installs, reactivations, reinstalls, and views.

Revolutionizing SME Software Development: Breaking Free from Flawed Models

dobreandl — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:52:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.appssemble.com/blog/60

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39130145

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dobreandl in "Show HN: Semaphr – Free kill switch for mobile apps"

dobreandl — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:32:51 +0000

We'll be adding A/B testing functionalities, feature toggling, real time messages, etc...

New comment by dobreandl in "Show HN: Semaphr – Free kill switch for mobile apps"

dobreandl — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:32:00 +0000

Yes, custom branding, A/B testing, real time messages, to name a few

Ask HN: What challenges does your company face when developing digital products?

dobreandl — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:47:01 +0000

I'm trying to understand better what challenges companies face when developing digital products. From my current research speed of execution is one of the medium and big companies seem to move very slow in developing new components or products. Is there anything else?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36812708

Points: 1

# Comments: 0