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Build a Cron Scheduler from Scratch

Build a fully-featured cron daemon from the ground up. You'll parse cron expressions, compute next firing times across timezones, schedule jobs with a min-heap, and handle real-world concerns like missed jobs, overlapping runs, and timezone DST. By the end you'll deeply understand the scheduler behind every "do this on a schedule" system you've ever used.

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Build a Cron Scheduler from Scratch