Vercel Cron
ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Vercel Cron lets you run code on a schedule without a separate cron server. Define a cron expression in vercel.json, point it at an API route, and Vercel calls it for you. Daily reports, cache warmup, cleanup jobs — done.
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Cron Job
A cron job is a task that runs on a schedule automatically. 'Every day at midnight, clean up old sessions.' 'Every hour, send digest emails.
Scheduled Task
A scheduled task is just a cron job with a friendlier name. It's any piece of code that runs automatically at a set time or interval.
Serverless Functions
Serverless functions are snippets of code that run in the cloud without you managing any servers.
Vercel Edge Runtime
Edge Runtime runs your JavaScript at the edge (near users) in a tiny V8 sandbox. Cold starts in milliseconds, not seconds. The catch: you can't use Node.