Code Master Blog: Montreal.rb February 2026 Crystal: Ruby with Static Typing

Video and slides from a Montreal.rb meetup talk introducing Crystal, a language designed to mirror Ruby's syntax while offering static typing and C/C++/Rust-like performance. The talk is a casual, fast-paced overview rather than a deep tutorial, covering why Rubyists might reach for Crystal in the small subset of business cases needing higher performance, and references a Matz analogy comparing dynamic vs static typing to automatic vs manual transmission.

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