Christopher WatsonDoing Crystal #2: Getting started with CrystalHello and welcome to another edition of Doing Crystal. In this article I’m going do a brief overview of the installation of Crystal…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comDoing Crystal #1: A Ruby ComparisonHello world, and welcome to this series of blog posts which I’m titling “Doing Crystal”. Yes it is a meth joke, and yes you’d better have…May 11, 2019May 11, 2019
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comWhy Crystal is my favorite programming language of 2017 and beyondIf you were to ask any developer whom I have frequent contact with what my favorite language is I can guarantee you that they would all…Mar 7, 20183Mar 7, 20183
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comWSL Hacks: Making Atom linters work with Windows Subsystem for LinuxI recently (recently being about 3 AM this morning) decided that I’d try and replace my Arch Linux/VMWare setup with something a lot less…Aug 7, 20178Aug 7, 20178
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comGit wars: Why I’m switching to GitlabIt’s a well-known fact: GitHub has the market share when it comes to git hosting, with Bitbucket following close behind due to their…Jun 20, 20179Jun 20, 20179
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comiOS 11: The good, the bad, and the completely unusableAs every nerd on the planet should be aware, iOS 11 was announced yesterday at WWDC 2017. Several improvements to the mobile operating…Jun 6, 20173Jun 6, 20173
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comStop Paying for SSL CertificatesOne of my most proud accomplishments of late is finally, after 7 years of web development, having one of my personal sites be secured with…May 28, 201715May 28, 201715
Christopher WatsoninHackerNoon.comCrystal: Ruby syntax with almost C efficiencyEveryone looks at programming languages differently. There are those that want speed and are willing to compromise syntax (I’m looking at…Oct 21, 20162Oct 21, 20162