# cron

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## Your Neon Functions can now run on a schedule

DevFeed: [Your Neon Functions can now run on a schedule](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/your-neon-functions-can-now-run-on-a-schedule-57449.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/your-neon-functions-can-now-run-on-a-schedule>)

Author: Mike Jerome

Published: 2026-09-21T12:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Binance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/binance.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [cron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cron.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jobs.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [object-storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object-storage.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [production-postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production-postgres.md>), [scheduler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduler.md>)

### AI overview

Neon Functions have reached general availability and can now run on schedules through branch-scoped Function Triggers. The initial trigger type uses cron expressions compatible with scale-to-zero, enabling backend jobs such as pulling APIs into Postgres, generating vectors, and synchronizing Object Storage.

### Source excerpt

During the beta phase, the only way to run a Neon Function was to send it an HTTP request. That works well for jobs triggered by your app, but not so much for backend jobs. If you wanted to pull an external API into Postgres every 15 minutes, you needed an external scheduler. Also, using pg_cron meant that scale to zero needed to be disabled for that particular branch.

## Put an AI Agent on a Cron Job: Automating Dev Chores with OpenCode

DevFeed: [Put an AI Agent on a Cron Job: Automating Dev Chores with OpenCode](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/put-an-ai-agent-on-a-cron-job-automating-dev-chores-with-opencode-56260.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developersdigest.tech/blog/opencode-cron-automation-guide>)

Author: Developers Digest

Published: 2026-07-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Developers Digest](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/developers-digest.md>)

Topics: [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [background-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/background-work.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cron.md>), [dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [guardrails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guardrails.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [opencode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opencode.md>)

### AI overview

A guide to using an agent CLI with cron scheduling to automate recurring development tasks such as dependency updates, documentation freshness checks, and morning briefs. It discusses the automation pattern, guardrails, and whether to run it on local hardware or a cloud host.

### Source excerpt

An agent CLI plus a cron schedule turns recurring dev chores into background work: dependency bumps, doc freshness checks, morning briefs. The pattern, the guardrails, and where to run it - your own hardware or a cloud host.

## Backstage with Lakebase: Exploring the concept with Databricks

DevFeed: [Backstage with Lakebase: Exploring the concept with Databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/backstage-with-lakebase-exploring-the-concept-with-databricks-57104.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/data-engineering/backstage-lakebase-databricks>)

Author: Cameron Casher, Kevin Hartman

Published: 2026-05-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Thoughtworks Insights](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/thoughtworks-insights.md>)

Topics: [Backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backstage.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [internal developer portal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-portal.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [JSON Web Tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jwt.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [.env](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dotenv.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>)

Tags: [backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backstage.md>), [cron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cron.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databricks.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-portal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-portal.md>), [jwt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jwt.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>)

### AI overview

This article explores connecting Backstage, an internal developer portal, to Databricks Lakebase instead of its standard Postgres database. It describes the serverless Postgres setup, OAuth JWT authentication, configuration changes, token renewal, and successful Knex migrations.

### Source excerpt

Backstage with Lakebase: Exploring the concept with Databricks