Going full time on Crystal
Hi everyone,
Some of you know me already. I’m Serdar (sdogruyol), I created Kemal, I’m on the Crystal Core Team, and I’ve been building Crystal tools since 2015.
I’ve decided to go full time on Crystal open source. No safety net, no backup plan. Just building for this community every day.
What I’m working on
gcry - a native garbage collector for Crystal. Currently at ~89% of Boehm GC’s throughput with ~0.95x RSS. My goal is to make it the default GC for Crystal one day.
Kemal - 3.8k+ stars, 5M+ downloads. I maintain the whole ecosystem. Framework, session, CSRF, auth, caching, and more. I’ve been doing this since 2015 and I’m not stopping.
Crystal Weekly - keeping the community updated with the best resources every week.
Crystal Community - discover Crystal developers around the world.
Free books - Crystal for Rubyists, Kemal El Kitabı, Crystal El Kitabı. All free, all in Turkish and English.
Why I’m here
I set up a GitHub Sponsors page. My goal is $1,000/month so I can keep doing this full time. If my work has helped you or your company, please consider sponsoring. Every dollar counts.
Sponsorship tiers:
| Tier | Price | Perk |
|---|---|---|
 Coffee |
$5 | Sponsor badge |
 Kebab |
$10 | Badge + personal thanks |
 Backer |
$20 | Name in Kemal README |
 Champion |
$50 | Logo + shoutout |
 Corporate |
$100 | Logo + Twitter shoutout |
Thanks for reading. Let’s keep building Crystal together. 
