metriclogic

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by metriclogic 7mo ago
Lockfiles are the right runtime fix. ConfigClarity is the planning layer before that — catch the collision on paper so you know which jobs actually need the lockfile in the first place. Most teams add it everywhere just in case because they
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by metriclogic 7mo ago
Lockfiles work but they're opt-in — someone always forgets. Scheduler-level prevention would catch it before the job ever runs. That's the gap this tries to fill at the planning stage.
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by metriclogic 7mo ago
That's a good rule. The problem is most teams don't notice they've crossed that line until something breaks. By then migrating away from cron feels too risky.
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by metriclogic 7mo ago
20 minutes of downtime is exactly the kind of thing this was built to prevent. Hope it helps next time.
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by metriclogic 7mo ago
Single host for now. Multi-host is a real problem but wanted to nail the common case first — most people don't know they have single-host overlaps until something breaks.
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by metriclogic 7mo ago
Fair point — systemd timers solve this properly. This is for the massive installed base that isn't migrating anytime soon.
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by metriclogic 7mo ago
Happy to answer questions about how the parser handles edge cases, or why I chose client-side only. Also curious — do you manually check for cron overlaps today, or just find out when something breaks?
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