Scheduling tasks in the cloud has become an efficient way to automate operations, exemplified by using AWS CloudWatch and Pulumi to manage an S3 bucket akin to a Recycle Bin. The process involves creating a Lambda function that empties the bucket of discarded items every Friday at 6:00 pm EST. This is achieved by setting up a CloudWatch event with a cron expression, which runs the function at 11:00 pm UTC. The implementation requires defining an event handler that lists and deletes objects in the bucket, and is deployed using Pulumi, which simplifies the setup of serverless functions without extensive infrastructure configuration. Users can test the function by adding items to the bucket and observing their deletion, with options to adjust scheduling through cron expressions. The example highlights the potential of serverless architecture to streamline task automation, with further exploration suggested through additional serverless examples available in Pulumi's resources.