Hello, What do you use as an alternative for `cron jobs?` I want to implement a repetitive task that...

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[Viktor Petrovski]

Hello, What do you use as an alternative for cron jobs? I want to implement a repetitive task that will execute each ~hour or so to analyse the data created in that hour. Thanks in advance 🙏

[Matteo Mirk]

you can use this: https://github.com/justwrote/kjob
or these for Java: http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-2.3.0/quick-start.html
http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/

[Oliver.O]

Or, more lightweight: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0B8RC352/p1620335924426400?thread_ts=1620334377.426200&cid=C0B8RC352

[Viktor Petrovski]

Thanks for your ideas 🙌