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Asked: 2026-05-24T09:29:18+00:00

I have some simple Ruby scripts to run as a background job. They are

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I have some simple Ruby scripts to run as a background job. They are in an infinite while loop to monitor external database changes. Can someone recommend a hosting provider that can do it for free to start?

I looked at AWS and the EC2 micro instance is actually a good fit for the first year. Anything equivalent beyond the first year?

Then I looked at Heroku. It seems a hack and overkill to use Delayed Job in the Rails framework.

Google App Engine is also a good fit as long as I am willing to rewrite my Ruby scripts to Python.

More background on my project. I am using CouchDB + CouchApp. It requires some external scripts to monitor new users sign up and send out forget password emails.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Are you able to set up an always on machine at your house? It’s probably going to be just as reliable as hosting it with a free tier provider.

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