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Crystal Minitest and the Shutdown Order Problem

Crystal Minitest and the Shutdown Order Problem

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Optimizing Crystal Build time in Woodpecker CI: 415s to 196s with Caching

Optimizing Crystal Build time in Woodpecker CI: 415s to 196s with Caching

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From 4 Minutes to 3 Seconds: How Database Transaction Rollback Revolutionized Test Suite

From 4 Minutes to 3 Seconds: How Database Transaction Rollback Revolutionized Test Suite

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Setup Vite with Kemal!

Setup Vite with Kemal!

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Why Is Crystal Compilation So Slow?

Why Is Crystal Compilation So Slow?

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

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

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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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A Practical Guide to Parallel Programming in Crystal (2025)

A Practical Guide to Parallel Programming in Crystal (2025)

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Lucky is Lightning Fast!

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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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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Announcing Lustra: a Postgres ORM for Crystal

Announcing Lustra: a Postgres ORM for Crystal

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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

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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