rewrite crystal
2025-04-05
#microposts
Everything on this site is static, but it pulls data from a a bunch of different sources:
- /microposts => File server
- /words => Pocketbase
- /now => CSV file for workout data, Steam / Trakt / LastFM for other media
Well, I did a rewrite from scratch in Crystal. And it was a lotta fun.
I was using Go prior, but I really don’t like that language. Crystal doesn’t have the best tooling… or the fastest build times… but I’d rather put up with all that than have to write Golang code