While diving deeper into Linux internals and modern SRE practices, I came across a question that many Linux engineers eventually ask: Is cron obsolete now that systemd timers exist? And where does daemontools fit into all of this? The answer is: they solve related—but not identical—problems.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/deekay99/cron-vs-systemd-timers-vs-daemontools-understanding-the-evolution-of-linux-job-scheduling--31mm)