Using Goroutines to run a poor mans Cron Job

func Start() chan bool {
	ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Minute)
	quit := make(chan bool, 1)

	go func() {
		for {
			select {
			case <-ticker.C:
				report()
			case <-quit:
				ticker.Stop()
			}
		}
	}()

	return quit
}

func report() {
	// do your thing here
}

Explanation

• You'd initiate a Ticker first. Timers are for when you want to do something once in the future - tickers are for when you want to do something repeatedly at regular intervals - GoByExample.
• You'd make a channel chan, that you can close() later on. This will help us stop the ticker gracefully when the main thread stops.
• Initiate your goroutine, as you'd do normally with go func()
• Use the for by select combo, which allows you to wait on multiple channel operations repeatedly.
• ticker.C gives us a chan of time.Time
• quit gives us a chan of bool
• Using these two, we can invoke report() gracefully.

Sidenotes

• Don't forget to utilise the returning chan bool when you're calling Start() to gracefully shut down the ticker.