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How I faked a real-time opponent on shared hosting with zero background processes

Shared hosting has one rule that quietly kills most multiplayer designs: you cannot run a persistent process. No WebSocket server, no daemon, no long-lived worker.

  • Bot actions computed on fly, no persistent process needed
  • Randomness controlled by battle ID seeding for consistent output
  • Pre-computed bot guesses ensure fair, controlled gameplay

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