Martin Verzilli – Sometimes you need to change to stay the same

Next September, the Crystal programming language will turn 13 years old. I was there when it was born as a fun experiment, and I'm still there 13 years later, as it continues to develop into a proud descendant of our beloved Ruby. I'm going to share a handful of stories of key decisions we had to made along these years to guarantee its continued existence. I want us all to smile at the sweet irony that, often times, embracing change is our best chance at building somewhat permanent things in a fundamentally impermanent world.