If you want to get a feel for what building a Battlesnake is like, would definitely recommend the Thursday Twitch shows!

This one was a lot of fun, where penelope_zone (of rubyfmt/Stripe/Ruby Central fame) built a Battlesnake in Bash: https://www.twitch.tv/battlesnakeofficial/v/1150727860?sr=a&...

Disclaimer: I host one of the recurring segments on the Battlesnake Twitch