cron
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Dec 11, 2025first mention
Jul 27, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use cron in OpenBSD and it's a deterministic environment and mostly clean[0].”
OpenBSD useron “You Don't Love Systemd Timers Enough”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
Data: cron.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 3
“we have had cron perfectly working for _decades_”
“I use cron in OpenBSD and it's a deterministic environment and mostly clean[0].”
“The software I use everyday, like Cron (named after a greek god of time)”