Why not use what you have? Energy spent finding and learning a new tool is often at least as great as what brute force will take. Shopping can be an easier fi

Why not use what you have? Energy spent finding and learning a new tool is often at least as great as what brute force will take. Shopping can be an easier first step than starting the work, but is seldom more productive than starting the work as a first step. I mean in the two hours since you asked the question, you probably could have implemented a substantial fraction (if not all) of the code required to run your cron jobs on EC2…work setting up EC2 factors out as part of the necessary transition. Which brings up the idea that paying for Heroku is also a good option…i.e. using financial tooling.