For some yes, for others no. We need to be careful with those sentences because they may discourage conversation. If something is trivial and someone doesn’t understand it, they may think it is their fault after all.

In any case, you are right, so thanks for pointing to the right direction. @washeku please see the following example as a starting point: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32085258/how-to-run-some-code-every-few-hours-in-phoenix-framework

if it is not clear, please ask! I am sure @OvermindDL1, myself and others will be happy to help!

All fairly trivial with a GenServer, you can even send back yourself a message with a timeout (it only arrives if no other messages have arrived) or always in some-odd minutes regardless of any other messages (send_after).

You can do it with Task by using send_after though, but a GenServer really sounds best for this task as it does not sound like a one-off.

With send_after, something like:

def init(args) do
  killSelfTime = args.death_minutes * 1000 * 60 # send_after wants milliseconds
  Process.send_after(self(), :kill_self, killSelfTime)
  state = encodeWhateverYouWantToDoHere(args)
  {:ok, state}
end

def handle_info(:kill_self, state) do
  cleanup()
  {:stop, :normal}
end

defp cleanup() do
  # If you need to do something else like cancel some pending function or un-register with
  # another server or something
end