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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 23:55:25 JST Rich Felker

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   • Greg Wilson

   @gvwilson I know you don't want to but teach them what's standard and available anywhere: cron.

   The syntax may be "horrible" but only if you're a syntax purist of some sort. It's easy for pedestrians to understand and use and that's what matters.

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     Greg Wilson (gvwilson@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 23:55:26 JST Greg Wilson

     1) I want to teach data scientists how to set up tasks to run at specific times. 2) I do _not_ want to have to teach them 'cron' because its syntax is horrible (even with LLM assistance). What do I teach them instead? Must be open source, cross-platform, and have enough community adoption that it's not going to disappear next year. Thanks in advance for links and evaluations.