Re:Show HN: Posthook – Job Scheduling as a Service
by nautical on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:44AM
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I also think there might be a market for this kind of product .. Great to see more people think on the same line .. Got some paid signups from last week also ..
You might be right about email/push, but it certainly comes handy if minimal config is required.
Re:Show HN: Posthook – Job Scheduling as a Service
by ako on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:20PM
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There are already mature products in this market, e.g. RunMyJobs: https://rmj.redwood.com/
This started out as a distributed cron over 20 years ago, available as a saas product for a few years already.
I've found that with scheduling tasks for the future it's important to do a final check before fulfilling the action, whether it's sending an email, push notification, etc. You don't want to send a reminder for an event that has been deleted, for example. That is why I have decided to keep the scope small and let developers make the final decision there.
Reports and retries are definitely things that I think add value though, and I have plans to expand on that.