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A simple service for setting up and running jobs/workers without having to run a server. Ideally, it would have the following features: * Pay once, run foreve

by sakai 12y ago

A simple service for setting up and running jobs/workers without having to run a server. Ideally, it would have the following features: * Pay once, run forever (pay for the job up front and never again -- no recurring billing to worry about) * Configure once, run forever (use Docker/LXC in the background to allow custom environments and absolve the user of the dependency headaches that can arise when running multiple jobs on a single machine) * Easy to use I've been casually working on this as it's a pain point I've experienced numerous times (e.g., running a daily job that should cost ~50 cents per month, which is substantially below any available VM price). Would anybody use this? Other thoughts?

olegp 12y ago
This is the only service in this space I could find: https://starthq.com/apps/crondash https://starthq.com/apps/crondash It doesn't actually run the job but could be used to trigger them. I think the idea could work if you could write the tasks as snippets of JS, think IFTT/Zapier but with a code editor.
- sakai 12y ago
  Yes! Well said. It would definitely need to include: * Web code editor for jobs (JS, Python, Ruby, Perl, Go, etc., etc.) * Results served over an authenticated API (e.g., servicename.com/api/<username>/<jobname>/files/result.csv would get you the latest result.csv file generated by your script, .../<jobname>/20140419/files/result.csv would get you yesterday's, etc.) * Jobs could probably be both scheduled (i.e., cron-like) or triggered via a webhook
  - olegp 12y ago
    Might make sense to stick with JS to start with for the sake of simplicity. I actually wrote a Node.js PaaS that I never open sourced & periodic short lived jobs was one of my use-cases. Let's continue via email.
    - notduncansmith 12y ago
      Hey guys, too late to get in on this discussion? Sounds really cool and something I could see myself using a lot. hello at duncanmsmith.com
- RA_Fisher 12y ago
  I work for Zapier and I'm totally planning to do this for my R / iPython jobs! Ideally I can interface through email or some other convenient service / app. Would obviously love to have the feature inside Zapier, too, we'll see!
bryanh 12y ago
https://www.webscript.io https://www.webscript.io gets pretty close.
gimenete 12y ago
Something like this? http://www.iron.io/worker http://www.iron.io/worker
Nicholas_C 12y ago
I use pythonanywhere.com for this. With a free account you get 1 daily task. That wasn't enough for me so I upgraded to the "Hacker" plan for $5/month and now I get 10 hourly or daily tasks. It's very simple to use and I absolutely love it. You can also pay for a year upfront.

by sakai 12y ago

olegp 12y ago

This is the only service in this space I could find: https://starthq.com/apps/crondash https://starthq.com/apps/crondash It doesn't actually run the job but could be used to trigger them. I think the idea could work if you could write the tasks as snippets of JS, think IFTT/Zapier but with a code editor.

sakai 12y ago
Yes! Well said. It would definitely need to include: * Web code editor for jobs (JS, Python, Ruby, Perl, Go, etc., etc.) * Results served over an authenticated API (e.g., servicename.com/api/<username>/<jobname>/files/result.csv would get you the latest result.csv file generated by your script, .../<jobname>/20140419/files/result.csv would get you yesterday's, etc.) * Jobs could probably be both scheduled (i.e., cron-like) or triggered via a webhook
- olegp 12y ago
  Might make sense to stick with JS to start with for the sake of simplicity. I actually wrote a Node.js PaaS that I never open sourced & periodic short lived jobs was one of my use-cases. Let's continue via email.
  - notduncansmith 12y ago
    Hey guys, too late to get in on this discussion? Sounds really cool and something I could see myself using a lot. hello at duncanmsmith.com
RA_Fisher 12y ago
I work for Zapier and I'm totally planning to do this for my R / iPython jobs! Ideally I can interface through email or some other convenient service / app. Would obviously love to have the feature inside Zapier, too, we'll see!

bryanh 12y ago

https://www.webscript.io https://www.webscript.io gets pretty close.

gimenete 12y ago

Something like this? http://www.iron.io/worker http://www.iron.io/worker

Nicholas_C 12y ago

I use pythonanywhere.com for this. With a free account you get 1 daily task. That wasn't enough for me so I upgraded to the "Hacker" plan for $5/month and now I get 10 hourly or daily tasks. It's very simple to use and I absolutely love it. You can also pay for a year upfront.