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~/blog/configuring-cron-symfony-complete-guide

2026-01-17 Use Cases / Best Practices

Configuring cron in Symfony: A Complete Guide to Task Scheduling

Traditional cron jobs in Symfony face silent failures, API rate limits, and resource conflicts. Learn how to build robust scheduled tasks with proper error handling, monitoring, and real-world examples from production SaaS applications.

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~/blog/monitoring-cron-jobs-kubernetes

2026-01-17 Use Cases / Best Practices

Monitoring Cron Jobs in Kubernetes: Why It's Harder Than You Think (And How to Fix It)

Kubernetes CronJobs add multiple abstraction layers that make monitoring surprisingly difficult. Learn common failure modes like resource constraints, image pull errors, and concurrency conflicts, plus practical solutions using heartbeat monitoring.

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~/blog/how-monitoring-database-backups

2026-01-09 Use Cases / Best Practices

How to effectively monitor regular backups.

Your database backup has been running every night for months. Then disaster strikes, and you discover backups stopped working 3 weeks ago. Here's how to add proper monitoring to your backup scripts so you never face this nightmare.

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~/blog/environment_variables_not_working_with_cron

2026-01-03 Crontab / Best Practices

Environment Variables in Cron - Why They Break Your Scripts

The #1 cron debugging nightmare: your script works perfectly in terminal but fails silently in cron. Missing environment variables, empty PATH, wrong working directory - here's why it happens and 4 solutions from quick fixes to production-ready setups.

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~/blog/handling-timezone-issues-in-cron-jobs

2026-01-02 Crontab / Best Practices

Handling Timezone Issues in Cron Jobs (2025 Guide)

Cron runs in server time, not your business time. Learn why DST causes jobs to run twice or never, and how to build timezone-aware scheduling that works across countries.

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~/blog/cron-history-and-future

2025-12-31 Crontab / Linux History

The History of Cron: From Unix Daemon to Modern Monitoring Tools

After 50 years, cron remains fundamental to Unix/Linux automation. Explore its origins with Ken Thompson, evolution through Paul Vixie, and why combining cron with modern monitoring creates the winning combination.

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~/blog/cron-job-security

2025-12-28 Crontab / Linux Security

Cron Job Security: Common Vulnerabilities and Fixes

Cron jobs often run silently in the background. If misconfigured, they can become a serious security risk. Learn the most common cron job vulnerabilities and how to fix them.

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~/blog/how-debug

2025-12-25 Crontab/Linux

Cron Job Ran But Failed Silently - How to Debug

You check your server logs. The cron job ran. No errors. Everything looks fine at first. Except... the database backup wasn't created. The emails weren't sent. Welcome to every developer's favorite nightmare: the silent cron failure.

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~/blog/cron-mistakes

2025-12-23 Crontab/Linux

10 Crontab Mistakes That Cost Developers Hours (And How to Fix Them)

Cron jobs work manually but fail when scheduled? We analyzed thousands of crontab configurations to find the 10 mistakes that waste the most developer time - and how to fix them permanently.

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~/blog/how-to-safely-run-cron-jobs-in-docker

2025-12-12 Docker

How to safely run cron jobs in Docker (with monitoring)

Stop fighting with Docker cron. Learn how to use Supercronic to avoid common pitfalls like missing environment variables, lost logs, and silent failures. Includes production-ready monitoring setup.

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