Chicago Crystal

Jack Thorne
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We are a podcast of the Crystal programming language based in Chicago. Our discussion ranges from language design, the growing ecosystem and software development.

Episodes

  1. Kirk Haines: Remote with Crystal

    09/14/2020

    Kirk Haines: Remote with Crystal

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Kirk Haines, formerly worked on Ruby. We talk about his programming journey, his work on other web frameworks in Ruby, and his work in Crystal on Minion. Please enjoy my conversation with Kirk Haines. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Kirk Haines Github: https://github.com/wyhaines Kirk Haines Twitter: https://twitter.com/wyhaines Everywhere else on the internet "wyhaines"

    1h 12m

  2. 08/24/2020

    Kingsley Hendrickse: Sushi, Crystal, and Blockchain

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Kingsley Hendrickse, who is one of the lead developers on Sushi Chain. We talk about his programming journey, his interest in blockchain, and his work on sushi chain. Please enjoy my conversation with Kingsley. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Kingsley Hendrickse Github: https://github.com/kingsleyh Kingsley Hendrickse Twitter: https://twitter.com/kingsleyhendric

    1h 5m
  3. Sergey Kuznetsov: Crystal, BBS and Debuggers

    08/10/2020

    Sergey Kuznetsov: Crystal, BBS and Debuggers

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Sergey Kuznetsov, who rewrote the debugger in Crystal. We talk about his journey in programming, including FORTRAN, Telecoms, and Crystal. Please enjoy my conversation with Sergey. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Sergey Kuznetsov Github: https://github.com/skuznetsov

    1h 13m
  4. Jeremy Woertink: Running Not Walking With Crystal

    07/28/2020

    Jeremy Woertink: Running Not Walking With Crystal

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Jeremy Woertink who has been running Crystal in production for a while now.  We talk about his journey in programming and the origins of him migrating projects to Lucky Framework.  Please enjoy my conversation with Jeremy. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Jeremy Woertink Github: https://github.com/jwoertink

    1h 5m

  5. 07/14/2020

    George Dietrich: Athena Reborn

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with George Dietrich who has build Athena a web framework in Crystal.  We talk about his journey in programming and a building a Crystal web framework based off PHP Symfony.  Please enjoy my conversation with George. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Github: https://github.com/Blacksmoke16 Discord: Blacksmoke16#0016 Athena: https://github.com/athena-framework Athena Docs: https://athena-framework.github.io/athena/Athena/Routing.html Athena Gitter: https://gitter.im/athena-frameworkcr/community Parameters: https://athena-framework.github.io/athena/Athena/Routing/ParamConverterInterface.html#additional-configuration

    48 min
  6. Lorenzo Barasti: Building Crystal Community

    06/29/2020

    Lorenzo Barasti: Building Crystal Community

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Lorenzo Barasti Who has been making some great youtube series on crystal and some programming concepts.  We talk about his journey in programming and some topics in Crystal and around the Crystal community.  Please enjoy my conversation with Lorenzo. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/lbarasti Guest YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaydNuV-VSO0gFSrvS9WgXg

    1 hr
  7. Brian Cardiff: The Cores of Crystal

    06/15/2020

    Brian Cardiff: The Cores of Crystal

    Chicago Crystal is a meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Brian Cardiff a core team member of Crystal.  We talk about his journey in programming and some core concepts in Crystal.  Please enjoy my conversation with Brian. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Guest: https://twitter.com/bcardiff

    1h 13m
  8. Paul Smith: Learning the Lucky Framework

    05/29/2020

    Paul Smith: Learning the Lucky Framework

    Chicago Crystal is a community and meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Paul Smith, the creator, or Lucky.  We talk about the journey in programming and the origin of Lucky and the plays for Lucky's future.  Please enjoy my conversation with Paul. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal https://twitter.com/paulcsmith

    1h 22m
  9. Ary Borenszweig: Origins of Crystal

    05/15/2020

    Ary Borenszweig: Origins of Crystal

    Chicago Crystal is a community and meetup in the Chicago area that is building community and getting stuff made with our favorite language. This is an interview with Ary Borenszweig the creator or Crystal.  We talk about how he began programming, the origin of Crystal and projects he has been working on.  Please enjoy my conversation with Ary. Site: https://chicagocrystal.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicago_crystal Ary: https://twitter.com/asterite

    59 min
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About

We are a podcast of the Crystal programming language based in Chicago. Our discussion ranges from language design, the growing ecosystem and software development.

Information

  • Creator
    Jack Thorne
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Chicago Crystal
  • Show Website
    Chicago Crystal