Chicago Crystal

Kirk Haines: Remote with Crystal

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:00:00 -0500

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"

Kingsley Hendrickse: Sushi, Crystal, and Blockchain

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0500

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

Sergey Kuznetsov: Crystal, BBS and Debuggers

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:00:00 -0500

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

Jeremy Woertink: Running Not Walking With Crystal

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:00:00 -0500

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

George Dietrich: Athena Reborn

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 22:00:00 -0500

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

Lorenzo Barasti: Building Crystal Community

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:00:00 -0500

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

Brian Cardiff: The Cores of Crystal

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:00:00 -0500

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

Paul Smith: Learning the Lucky Framework

Fri, 29 May 2020 16:00:00 -0500

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

Ary Borenszweig: Origins of Crystal

Fri, 15 May 2020 16:00:00 -0500

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