[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":314},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7917587":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":117,"maker_in_thread":194,"shape":201,"grid":203,"attempts":275,"same_week":276,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":306,"reader_version":307,"card":308},"7917587","My weekend project","simple cron monitoring","title","Show HN: My weekend project – simple cron monitoring","https:\u002F\u002Fcronitor.io","cronitor.io","augustflanagan",1403202897,2014,29,30,1005,2272,45,"shown","infrastructure","cron job monitoring","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"cron monitoring","job monitoring","cron alerts","scheduled jobs","mixed",0.037,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},5,8,1,4,18,{"idea":37,"execution":38,"design":40,"pricing":41,"docs":44,"privacy":45},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":39,"critical":33},0,{"positive":33,"critical":39},{"positive":42,"critical":43},3,2,{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":39,"critical":39},[42,39,39,42,39,39,42,39,31,31,39,39,31,42,42,42,42,33,39,39,33,42,33,33,31,42,31,39,39,39],null,{"problem":49,"audience":57,"pricing":66,"motivation":81,"time_to_build":85,"stack":93,"openness":114,"stage":115,"team_size":116},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Cron jobs fail silently and need alerts when they don't run on schedule","commenter",[53],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"7917602","encoderer","Hey HN! 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