Hello HN!<p>I'm looking for a cloud service that would allow me to launch a process every few minutes. This process would check something on a site (probably a few https requests) and then email me if certain conditions are met.<p>This would be for something personal so I'm looking for a free service if possible.<p>I'm looking at AWS lambda as an option as I'm fairly familiar with EC2 and lightsail...but I'd prefer a service that would either not ask for a credit card, or have some hard limits for spending. AWS horror stories are awful...<p>I already do this with a python script locally on my PC, but I'm looking to have this run on somebody else's computer (aka "the cloud"). I'm willing to learn any language or technology.<p>Thanks!!!
>I already do this with a python script locally on my PC, but I'm looking to have this run on somebody else's computer (aka "the cloud").<p><a href="https://fly.io/docs/getting-started/python/" rel="nofollow">https://fly.io/docs/getting-started/python/</a><p><a href="https://vercel.com/docs/runtimes#official-runtimes/python" rel="nofollow">https://vercel.com/docs/runtimes#official-runtimes/python</a><p><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/deploying-your-python-applications" rel="nofollow">https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/deploying-...</a>
Why do you need the cloud? It doesn't look like a very demanding application... just get a cheap vps from <a href="https://www.lowendstock.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.lowendstock.com/</a> ? The ones I got for $5-10 per year are pretty reliable.