Posthook
Infrastructure
job scheduling service
SHOW HN2018
162points
75comments
#241of 2,155 in 2018
Top 12%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple solution for scheduled webhooks, fits serverless stacks
From 3 comments
This is a good niche with the rise of serverless as there isn't a super simple way to do this if you want to hit some job every so often. You could set a header key that all…
sebringj on HNThis is perfect addition to a Serverless stack. Thank you.
deepu256 on HNThis is pretty brilliant and fits an immediate need we have. Signing up today.
alexcabrera on HN
Objections
Pricing is high compared to alternatives like Azure Scheduler
From 2 comments
How do you compare/compete against something like Azure Scheduler which gives you 500 jobs with unlimited executions (max 1 per minute) for $14/month. The Azure service also…
briHass on HNThat's something I will definitely use soon! Great simple idea indeed. Just one question regarding the criteria to come up with the current pricing tiers: isn't it a bit too…
caio1982 on HN
Recurring scheduling not supported
From 1 comment
Does Posthook support recurring scheduling (i.e. every 15 minutes)? Also, is there retry logic? I.E. 3 retries, delay 60 seconds between retries?
nodesocket on HN
Retry logic is fixed at one retry after 5 seconds
From 1 comment
It does not support recurring scheduling at the moment. Right now the retry logic is just one retry 5 seconds after the first failure. At which point the hook gets set to a…
cgenuity on HN
Requests
Configurable retry policies
From 3 comments
Does Posthook support recurring scheduling (i.e. every 15 minutes)? Also, is there retry logic? I.E. 3 retries, delay 60 seconds between retries?
nodesocket on HNSeems like allowing the user to specify retry logic (if any) covers the "tricky" pieces. Let the user define the number of retries and delay between.
nodesocket on HNJust curious, why would I use this instead of Sidekiq, Celery or any other job / background worker service that runs along side my app? Almost all popular job processing…
nickjj on HN
Recurring scheduling
From 2 comments
Does Posthook support recurring scheduling (i.e. every 15 minutes)? Also, is there retry logic? I.E. 3 retries, delay 60 seconds between retries?
nodesocket on HNDoes anyone know of a free service that lets you run a few scheduled CURL requests each week?
baby_wipe on HN
Questions
How it compares to existing schedulers and cron services
From 3 comments
How do you compare/compete against something like Azure Scheduler which gives you 500 jobs with unlimited executions (max 1 per minute) for $14/month. The Azure service also…
briHass on HNHow does it compare to https://www.setcronjob.com?
daigoba66 on HNHow does this compare to http://atrigger.com?
jappareti on HN
How 24/7 reliability is ensured
From 1 comment
i wonder how you ensure its 24-7 reliable? i am definitely interested in using it
sebringj on HN
Alternatives named
Sidekiq, Celery, Quartz
From 1 comment
Hello all! I built Posthook as a simple solution for web applications to schedule one-off tasks. It lets you schedule a request back to your application for a certain time, with…
cgenuity on HN
Azure Scheduler
From 1 comment
How do you compare/compete against something like Azure Scheduler which gives you 500 jobs with unlimited executions (max 1 per minute) for $14/month. The Azure service also…
briHass on HN
CloudWatch Events
From 1 comment
I use cloudwatch events, you can configure cron/frequency and define json to send out.
hayd on HN
Rundeck
From 2 comments
Not quite distributed, but https://www.rundeck.com/open-source is pretty nifty.
Barreljack on HNRundeck, as others have indicated, will do just that. I've used Tidal too, it's utterly horrible and universally hated by anyone I know who has used it. What took months to set…
bloopernova on HN
Zapier
From 1 comment
This is neat, nice work OP. I haven't seen this mentioned yet but you could leverage Zapier.com for this type of work. They have a "schedule" app you can pipe it into an outgoing…
ralfhn on HN