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so... cron's a 200kb self contained C program, super simple, does one thing, and does it well. Chronos is built on top of frameworks, needs a few services to r
by zobzu 14y ago
so... cron's a 200kb self contained C program, super simple, does one thing, and does it well.
Chronos is built on top of frameworks, needs a few services to run.
Certainly it has value, but marketing it as a cron replacement is wrong imo. Chronos is one of these "web-server-service-tool" thingie, but no, it's not cron.
- bitwize 14y agoEvery time I come across one of these heavyweight, dependency-encrusted "replacements" for basic Unix tools, I'm reminded of L33tStart[0], a fictional, satirical init(1) replacement I wrote about on Reddit -- a sort of parody of systemd. Every day, in a bizarre manifestation of Poe's Law, L33tStart seems less and less a parody. [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/14ay0r/hacker_koan_on_the_proliferation_of_unix_text/c7bntjn http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/14ay0r/hacker_k...
- adambenayoun 14y agoAny chance you could open source L33tStart. Also what type of ponies were you using for your startups? Black or white ponies?
- andrewflnr 14y agoMostly pink and purple, is my impression.
- zobzu 14y agoheh, you made my morning :)
- rsync 14y agoDing! Complex, interdependent systems without slack. Now add production pressures. You have all the ingredients of a "Normal Accident"[1]. You should do the opposite of this. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents
- jargonjustin 14y agoIt's solving a rather different problem than cron, but it's a problem that many people first attempt to use cron to solve. It's a replacement not in the sense of being a better cron, but as solving a problem for which cron is often used inappropriately.