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This is the only service in this space I could find: 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.

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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

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.

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

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!

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