Cron Jobs in Node.js: The Practical Guide Nobody Gave Me I spent 3 days learning things about cron in Node.js that should have been documented somewhere. Here is everything I wish I had known. The Basics Everyone Shows You const cron = require ( ' node-cron ' ); // Run every 5 minutes cron . schedule ( ' */5 * * * * ' , () => { console . log ( ' Running every 5 minutes ' ); }); // Run daily at 9 AM cron . schedule ( ' 0 9 * * * ' , () => { console . log ( ' Good morning! ' ); }); Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Simple enough. node-cron has 50k+ weekly downloads for a reason. But here is what the tutorials do NOT tell you. 1. Your Process Will Crash (And Your Cron Jobs Die) This is the #1 thing that bit me: // app.js const cron = require ( ' node-cron ' ); cron .…