When you use a computer for development, latency matters. Even if you typically hang out in a remote-connected editor over sshfs (like Visual Studio), sometimes you need to debug a pesky systemd service or search for a config file. There is nothing worse than being knee-deep in a hard problem, and then watching your terminal stutter.
There is no software fix for this. Latency to your remote-host computer is limited by the speed of light. So we have to solve the problem physically and move the servers closer to you. That is why exe.dev now runs machines in regions around the world:
- 🇺🇸 LAX — Los Angeles, USA
- 🇺🇸 NYC — New York, USA
- 🇺🇸 DAL — Dallas, USA
- 🇩🇪 FRA — Frankfurt, Germany
- 🇬🇧 LON — London, UK
- 🇯🇵 TYO — Tokyo, Japan
- 🇦🇺 SYD — Sydney, Australia
- 🇸🇬 SGP — Singapore
We want exe.dev to be the best place to do development, and that means meeting you where you are, both in software and real life.
More regions will be coming online throughout the year.
Setting your region
Your account's region determines where new VMs are created. You can change it in your account settings, or from the exe.dev lobby:
ssh exe.dev set-region lon
New VMs you create will be hosted in that region from then on.
Moving existing VMs
Already have VMs in a region that's far away? Write to support@exe.dev and we'll move them for you.