What is Crystal Compass?
Crystal Compass is a monthly subscription that gives your team direct access to the makers of the language.
Whether you’re refining performance, scaling systems, or onboarding new devs, you can have seasoned engineers at your side who know the language well.
Make sure your code follows Crystal best practices
We’ll help you spot improvements and align with Crystal’s evolving standards.
- Get unstuck, faster: Quick insights from the Crystal team to unblock you in minutes, not hours.
- Speed up onboarding: Help new team members ramp up with guided support from experts.
- Confidence for big decisions: Need to change something critical? Talk it over with the people who know Crystal best.
How it works
Code Review (Real-time insight)
- Feedback from the Crystal Team at Manas.Tech
- Focus on best practices, performance, and maintainability
- One seat per developer –we review all their PRs during your subscription
Technical Meetings
- Book 1:1 meetings to have our experts walk you through decisions or issues
- Pair thinking, debugging, and architectural guidance are much easier with a seasoned engineer who knows the language
- Double-check major decisions and changes in the course of your project with full-team discussions
Email + Slack Support
- Ask direct questions over email anytime
- Or join a managed Slack channel for async discussions and faster feedback
Meet the team behind the service
Our team consists of experts in Crystal with experience both in the language's inner workings as well as using it for successful applications.
Crystal Compass gives you a direct line to the makers of the language.
Let's work together.
Beta Ziliani
Team Lead & Product Manager
Member since Apr 2021
Johannes Muller
Principal Engineer
Member since Mar 2021
Julien Portalier
Principal Engineer
Member since Sep 2021
Martín Verzilli
CTO
Member since Jan 2023
Ana Pérez Ghiglia
Principal Engineer
Member since Oct 2019
Francisco Tarulla
Full-stack Engineer
Member since Oct 2017
Gustavo Giráldez
Engineering Manager
Member since Feb 2013The Crystal team gave us the confidence to perform a large refactor of our system and helped us solve a critical memory leak.
Bar Hofesh Co-founder & CTO, Bright Security
Why Compass? Why now?
You don’t need a map when you know how to navigate.
Crystal Compass helps teams grow into the language, not just use it.
Build with confidence, even when the terrain is new.
Looking for services beyond Compass? We're happy to discuss custom options
Let's talk