crystal VS amber

27. Crystal - $77,104

I like the first code example on https://crystal-lang.org

    # A very basic HTTP server

Obviously as an interpreted language, it's never going to be as fast as something like C, Rust, or Go. Traditionally the ruby maintainers have not designed or optimized for pure speed, but that is changing, and the language is definitely faster these days compared to a decade ago.

If you like the ruby syntax/language but want the speed of a compiled language, it's also worth checking out Crystal[^1]. It's mostly ruby-like in syntax, style, and developer ergonomics.[^2] Although it's an entirely different language. Also a tiny community.

[1]: https://crystal-lang.org/

Crystal is a nice language that's not only simple to read and write but performs very well too. And the documentation is amazing as well.

Ruby is a super fun scripting language. I much prefer it to python when I need something with a little more "ooomph" than bash. It's just...nice...to write in. Ruby performance has come a long way in the last decade as well. There's libraries for pretty much everything.

My modern programming toolkit is basically golang + ruby + bash and I am never left wanting.

I do find Crystal (https://crystal-lang.org/) really interesting and am hoping it has its own "ruby on rails" moment that helps the language reach a tipping point in popularity. All the beauty of ruby with all of the speed of Go (and then some, it often compares favorably to languages like rust in benchmarks).

Technologically robust, making use of open source frameworks that ensure scalability of usage and auditability of the codebase. So, no PHP-based rickety structures or the secret devising of some lone wolf developer. This can't be trusted by anyone: its development must be done in the public repositories. Consider using a Crystal framework such as Amber, which is a compiled-to-binary Ruby clone, lightning-fast (it can handle over 1 million+ requests per second) and compatible with the expansive Rails ecosystem. Or any other solid language base, such as Go or Java.

I'm in a similar situation with the Amber Framework. I'm not one of the original creators of Amber, I just took it over last year (2022). So I have a decent size code base to maintain with potential for breaking changes.

I'd love to see two docs there:

- What's different from Lucky https://luckyframework.org/

- What's different from Amber https://amberframework.org/

Amber : https://amberframework.org/

hey r/webdev, i have a side project i want to make, where users with different logins can upload music files onto a server via ftp, and listen to it back via mpd. I've decided for the meantime, on using the [amber framework](https://amberframework.org/). Each user will have a basic username/password login with *optional* OTP sent via email, a specific limit on the amount of storage they get (say, 5-10Gb), and a user-specific mpd connection\*

https://luckyframework.org/ one of the web frameworks available in Crystal. There's also Amber, Grip, and SpiderGazel (the most Rails-like).

Amber

Well, I guess have something to share with you! https://github.com/amberframework/amber

https://amberframework.org/

There are two pretty big web frameworks in the Crystal world right now, one is Kemal which strives to be the Sinatra or Flask of the Crystal world (lightweight, supporting plugins), and the other is Crystal which is trying to be the Ruby on Rails or Django of the Crystal world (full-featured, opinionated).