efi_mk

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efi_mk··on Ask HN: Should add typescript to my stack or Flow is enough?

Tx. Are there any clear benefits comparing it to es2016 + Flow ?

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

Can you attach data to the event ?

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

"you can schedule an item to appear in the queue at any future time" Nice! Anything similar in aws ?

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

CloudWatch is cron based, which means you can't schedule a one time event.

Agree regarding sns, but in our case sns == s3

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

Not saying it's right or wrong solution, but saying that a simpler solution would be to take a server and put on it a job scheduler process is misleading. People shouldn't forget that it never ends with a single server and a single process, you have to manage it to make it production ready and fault tolerant. Sometimes doing the extra step to make it serverless compatible is worth the effort.

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

Step function is also a good idea

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

Correct me if I'm wrong, but s3 unlike dynamodb does not require a specific region, therfore it's more fault tolerance or it requires more work on dynamodb to achieve same level of stability

efi_mk··on S3 trickery: using it as a scheduler

If you want a reoccurring task then you are right, but if you want to run a one time task in a specific time in the future depending on internal logic, then it won't work

efi_mk··on S3 trickery, using it as a scheduler

True, it's more expensive

efi_mk··on S3 trickery, do the unthinkable

S3 never stops to amaze me, did you ever try to schedule tasks with it ? Give it a try