Show HN: Run crons with lambda for longer than 5 minutes

#1

Post by ossmaster » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 5:46 PM UTC

Show HN: Run crons with lambda for longer than 5 minutes
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Re: Show HN: Run crons with lambda for longer than 5 minutes

#2

Post by QuinnyPig » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 6:25 PM UTC

Wow.

May I put this into my Terrible Ideas in Lambda talk as a non-terrible idea?

Re: Show HN: Run crons with lambda for longer than 5 minutes

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Post by ossmaster » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 6:58 PM UTC

QuinnyPig wrote: post #2

Wow. May I put this into my Terrible Ideas in Lambda talk as a non-terrible idea?

@QuinnyPig just to clarify. You think most lambda ideas are bad, but not this one?

Re: Show HN: Run crons with lambda for longer than 5 minutes

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Post by QuinnyPig » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 7:34 PM UTC

ossmaster wrote: post #3

QuinnyPig wrote: post #2

Wow. May I put this into my Terrible Ideas in Lambda talk as a non-terrible idea?

@QuinnyPig just to clarify. You think most lambda ideas are bad, but not this one?

Sorry-- context matters.

I think this is a fun workaround for some of Lambda's limitations. The Terrible Ideas themselves are far more blatant than that.

Re: Show HN: Run crons with lambda for longer than 5 minutes

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Post by ossmaster » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 7:41 PM UTC

QuinnyPig wrote: post #4

ossmaster wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

@QuinnyPig just to clarify. You think most lambda ideas are bad, but not this one?

Sorry-- context matters. I think this is a fun workaround for some of Lambda's limitations. The Terrible Ideas themselves are far more blatant than that.

sure yeah please go ahead and use it and thanks for the feedback.