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The Crystal Programming language

This tag is for anything related to the Crystal programming language, its ecosystem, and related tooling. Development, usage, apps, shards, tips, and requests for help.

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Why Is Crystal Compilation So Slow?
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Why Is Crystal Compilation So Slow?

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⚡ Dartalyst: A New Full-Stack SSR Framework That Just Hit 30,937 Requests Per Second

⚡ Dartalyst: A New Full-Stack SSR Framework That Just Hit 30,937 Requests Per Second

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Setup Vite with Kemal!

Setup Vite with Kemal!

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Debugging a Double Free in Crystal with libxml2, GDB, and Valgrind
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Debugging a Double Free in Crystal with libxml2, GDB, and Valgrind

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A Practical Guide to Parallel Programming in Crystal (2025)
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A Practical Guide to Parallel Programming in Crystal (2025)

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Lucky is Lightning Fast!
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Lucky is Lightning Fast!

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Notes on Building CLI and GUI tools with Crystal

Notes on Building CLI and GUI tools with Crystal

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Announcing Lustra: a Postgres ORM for Crystal

Announcing Lustra: a Postgres ORM for Crystal

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libui and Garbage Collection - Challenges in Creating Ruby and Crystal Bindings

libui and Garbage Collection - Challenges in Creating Ruby and Crystal Bindings

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12 Things I Learned Writing CLI Tools in Crystal

12 Things I Learned Writing CLI Tools in Crystal

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Embedding the Crystal Compiler in Your Program
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Embedding the Crystal Compiler in Your Program

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Writing SIMD in Crystal with Inline Assembly

Writing SIMD in Crystal with Inline Assembly

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How to effectively deal with crystal oscillator failure in TM4C129X MCU

How to effectively deal with crystal oscillator failure in TM4C129X MCU

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Building Portable Crystal Binaries on macOS with GitHub Actions
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Building Portable Crystal Binaries on macOS with GitHub Actions

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Applying the Presenter Pattern in Marten

Applying the Presenter Pattern in Marten

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Writing Inline Assembly in the Crystal Programming Language

Writing Inline Assembly in the Crystal Programming Language

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Instrumenting a Marten App with OpenTelemetry
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Instrumenting a Marten App with OpenTelemetry

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Speeding Up Crystal CI/CD: Fast Drafts, Optimized Builds
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Speeding Up Crystal CI/CD: Fast Drafts, Optimized Builds

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Using marisa.cr for Efficient String Storage in Crystal

Using marisa.cr for Efficient String Storage in Crystal

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Semaphores in Crystal

Semaphores in Crystal

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Building My First Web App with the Help of AI

Building My First Web App with the Help of AI

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Recording My Crystal Snippets from Today’s Learning
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Recording My Crystal Snippets from Today’s Learning

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Wombat - Syntax Highlighting with Rust's Bat Called from Crystal
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Wombat - Syntax Highlighting with Rust's Bat Called from Crystal

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Make Marten Web Framework work with minitest.cr
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Make Marten Web Framework work with minitest.cr

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Yes, Ruby is fast, but…
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Yes, Ruby is fast, but…

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