Crondom
Infrastructure
scheduled http jobs
SHOW HN2010
How HN took it
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Name is memorable
From 2 comments
It's a perfect name b/c I don't need this tool now, but I probably will later. And I will never, EVER forget the name. Kudos.
uuilly on HNAwesome name. The site is down though. Edit: back up now.
jules on HN
Idea is solid and easy to use
From 2 comments
Would be hilarious if the UI was a text box where it said “type a Crontab line.” Seriously though, sounds easy to use, if perhaps a bit overpriced for something I’d mostly want…
alanh on HNI actually didn't even consider that far; I stopped after "why would you name your product something like condom". To be fair, it's a solid idea that I imagine would do well…
catshirt on HN
Objections
Name sounds like condom and may hurt sales or approval
From 3 comments
I actually didn't even consider that far; I stopped after "why would you name your product something like condom". To be fair, it's a solid idea that I imagine would do well…
catshirt on HNHe's selling to sysadmins and developers many (most?) of whom will have to get management approval to purchase. The name can definitely be a limiting factor to sales.
HeyLaughingBoy on HNSome of the features sound neat. The question in my mind is, how do the jobs on the Crondom server trigger local scripts? Also the name is both cool and terrible: it reads like…
IgorPartola on HN
Standalone service seems not worth paying for; better as a feature of a larger app
From 1 comment
It strikes me as the sort of thing that should be one function of a much larger app. Not a standalone app on its own. If the intention is to make it a paid for service, I simply…
grepular on HN
Site was down or sign-up rejected valid emails
From 3 comments
Site seems to be down. Would love to check it out, though.
nicksergeant on HNHey, just a small thing but when trying to sign up it's saying my me@robotmo.de email address is invalid.
jarin on HNSide note: Registration rejects paton@bu.edu as an invalid email.
cj on HN
Unclear what the product does from the site
From 1 comment
I haven't bothered to register yet, but after looking at the site I don't understand what it does. You say that it's a cron replacement. So is it a software package that you…
tjansen on HN
Requests
Add documentation about what the user must implement
From 1 comment
Adding a bit of info about what I'd need to implement on my end would be useful. I'm assuming that this will fetch a HTTP URL once per "hit"?
m_eiman on HN
Add OpenID login
From 1 comment
why not put an openID login. I find a lot of new review my app's but every app I find points me to register as a new user. Why doesn't it use some thing like openID where I can…
pshirishreddy on HN
Questions
How do jobs on the server trigger local scripts?
From 1 comment
Some of the features sound neat. The question in my mind is, how do the jobs on the Crondom server trigger local scripts? Also the name is both cool and terrible: it reads like…
IgorPartola on HN
Does it fetch an HTTP URL once per hit?
From 1 comment
Adding a bit of info about what I'd need to implement on my end would be useful. I'm assuming that this will fetch a HTTP URL once per "hit"?
m_eiman on HN
Alternatives named
Standard crontab
From 2 comments
"10 Things you can do with crondom.com that you can't do with crontab: 1. Run a job every 7 minutes" I thought you could just do: ``` */7 * * * * whatever... ```
npad on HNI don't know. It feels like with this line, the job will be run at 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, thus, between 56 and the next 7, you will have 11 minutes interval. Not that…
liuliu on HN
watch command
From 2 comments
Or just use watch.
eru on HNOr, simpler, use watch: watch -n 17 -p command Make a wrapper to run command in the background (&) if the process runtime is greater than your interval.
moeffju on HN