The thing I like about Crystal is that I can generate statically-linked binaries and distribute them. I can quickly build utilities for people to use and don't

The thing I like about Crystal is that I can generate statically-linked binaries and distribute them. I can quickly build utilities for people to use and don't have to distribute the runtime. The type system wasn't as bad as I thought (especially with type inferencing). Having written Ruby professionally for 14 years, Crystal was relatively easy to pick up. There are a many libraries that hew closely to their Ruby counterparts. There are some amazing things I love about Ruby, like the metaprogramming and monkeypatching ... but I have moved on. I do my server work with Elixir these days.