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Esteban Lorenzano

Pulsar at ESUG 2026

Pulsar at ESUG 2026

At ESUG 2026 I presented Pulsar, a new coding-first IDE for Pharo. The talk explores why staying close to the code still matters in the age of generative agents—and where Pulsar is heading next.

Pulsar: Use It. Break It. Improve It.

Pulsar: Use It. Break It. Improve It.

Pulsar is a new coding-first IDE for Pharo, designed around real working sessions and built to help programmers become power users. Now in pre-alpha after winning first prize at ESUG 2026, it needs people willing to use it, break it, and help shape what it becomes.

Smalltalk’s Browser: Unbeatable, Yet Not Enough

Smalltalk’s Browser: Unbeatable, Yet Not Enough

The four-pane System Browser has shaped Smalltalk development for forty years. It’s still brilliant at providing context. But the real problem may not be the browser itself—it may be the lack of composition between the tools that surround it.

Talk: Pharo 13 and beyond

Talk: Pharo 13 and beyond

Last September, I took part in a meeting of the UKSTUG (United Kingdom Smalltalk Users Group), where I spoke about the latest release of Pharo. As always, it was a great moment, with lots of interesting (and fun) questions. The event was announced here. The talk is now online, and

Let's start a blog

Let's start a blog

Starting a blog these days feels a bit like jumping into the past. A lot has changed over the last 20 years, since blogging was the new thing and people from all around the world were starting one. Now everything is immediate and ephemeral. Nevertheless, I still believe the best