# Is Cron/Rake My best Option?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-cron-rake-my-best-option/105987>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 5, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-cron-rake-my-best-option/105987 "2007-06-05T10:49:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Wallenstein](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b77776/32.png) [@Lynn\_Wallenstein](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lynn_Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-cron-rake-my-best-option/105987/1 "2007-06-05T10:49:56Z")

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Hi I’m working on a site ([www.istalkr.com](http://www.istalkr.com)) that ties together all your  
rss/atom feeds into a life stream.

We are currently running a cron that calls a rake to import items into  
the feed. Is there anything you would recommend doing different? Is  
there a better way do this?