How we build berrybyte
The technical and engineering blog for where we write about how our game server platform really works under the hood.
5 min
Storage
Where your world goes when you hit Backup
Click Backup and a few seconds later there's a restore point. Behind that button: restic snapshots, a dedicated Hetzner worker so your game box never lags, and Cloudflare R2 holding it all — with no egress bill to make us flinch when you restore.
3 min
Performance
Cold start to 'Done!' in seconds
Pick a game, name it, hit go — and you're handing out an IP before the kettle boils. The reason that feels instant is mostly about work we've arranged to never do: pulling images that are already there, and installing games we've already installed.