Can't rely on AI either, as it constantly confuses it with Ruby.
I did do a few backend/server code challenges and advent code in Crystal. It worked really well and was very powerful.
I would love to write my MMO server in it, but again, tooling is still a sore spot for me.
I'm currently using github copilot with claude 3.7, mostly for auto complete, work pretty well although sometimes it does return ruby variant of the code (it call the ruby methods that not existing in crystal)
but for my use case, copilot works pretty well.
https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/why-isnt-there-an-lsp-for-c...
My initial thoughts when reading this statement were pretty negative, but thinking about it, you're onto something. If the language doesn't function well with today and tomorrow's prevalent and emerging development trends, it's probably not going to see truly significant momentum.
Nonetheless, I still find Crystal remarkable and elegant, with a great standard library.
I will say, as a primarily Go dev, I have been really spoiled by the Go toolset and features.