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Work · October 22, 2021

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I created a tool to schedule HTTP requests

In my last project, I was struggling to create and monitor cron jobs. So, instead of creating hundreds of standalone scrips and executing them with cron, I decided to turn those scripts into multiple endpoints. Next, I created a single service that I could schedule HTTP requests to those endpoints and monitor its execution. No more scripts, now everything is endpoints that I can run manually at any time I turned this scheduler service into a Micro-SaaS so you don't have to build it yourself: beew.io I know you can Schedule HTTP requests with Zapier but come on... I will not pay 50 bucks for…

I created a tool to schedule HTTP requests launched on October 22, 2021 with 17 votes, #1,166 of 2,933 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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A service that schedules and monitors HTTP requests to API endpoints instead of managing multiple cron job scripts. Users can create scheduled tasks, trigger them manually, and track execution from a single dashboard. Built for developers and teams who want to replace scattered automation scripts with centralized endpoint-based scheduling and monitoring.

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In my last project, I was struggling to create and monitor cron jobs. So, instead of creating hundreds of standalone scrips and executing them with cron, I decided to turn those scripts into multiple endpoints. Next, I created a single service that I could schedule HTTP requests to those endpoints and monitor its…

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