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Executing Cron Scripts Reliably At Scale - Slack Engineering

3 years ago by Tiff to c/sysadmin

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Cron scripts are responsible for critical Slack functionality. They ensure reminders execute on time, email notifications are sent, and databases are cleaned up, among other things. Over the years, both the number of cron scripts and the amount of data these scripts process have increased. While generally these cron scripts executed as expected, over time…

I wonder if this new system is why I can't make slack remind me at weird times...

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