Why Didn't Standard Monitoring Catch My Cron Job Causing API Latency Issues?
I've been in backend engineering for about 15 years, and whenever I notice a spike in API latency or timeout on requests, I generally follow a routine: check…
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How to Run a Cron Job Every 80 Days Without Warnings?
I'm trying to set up a cron job to run every 80 days. On one computer with Ubuntu 22.04, I created it without any issues. However, when I…
Why did my AWS script stop running after a few hours?
I'm new to AWS and recently deployed my first Python script that gathers data from a web page and sends an email. I've set up a crontab to…