Hacker News Reader

I used Replit to build a Python battlesnake for https://play.battlesnake.com/. It was nice and easy to get started with. Unfortunately the latency/performance isn't reliable enough for my battlesnake - my snake moves between about 50 and 150 in the global league just depending on the Replit server performance.

View on HN

Are you using the default Battlesnake region? Depending on your location and where your replit ends up hosted, switching regions might reduce your latency a bit.

I believe Replit sets your region based on your IP (the UK for me). I'm not aware there is any way to change it.

Yep - I'm talking about Battlesnake regions though:

https://docs.battlesnake.com/references/engine-regions

Didn't know about that. Is it new? Thanks!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com