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Looking for my next Smalltalk opportunity

by Sebastian Jordan

Hi everyone, After almost seven years being part of the Pharo community, I wanted to reach out here because this community has been an important part of my professional journey. I am currently finishing my PhD at INRIA, France, and I am looking for my next opportunity as a software developer. After completing my PhD, I will be moving back to LATAM, Bolivia, and I am looking for a fully remote position starting around mid-October or November. I would love to continue working with Smalltalk. Most of my experience is with Pharo, but I am open to any Smalltalk dialect and different kinds of projects. I am also open to full-time positions, contracts, or consulting work. Over the years, I have contributed to several parts of the Pharo ecosystem. Before my PhD, I worked as an R&D software engineer at INRIA on Pharo, where I developed tools for code analysis and transformation, contributed to Moose and pharo-ai. I have mentored students through Google Summer of Code since 2021. I have continued to work on programming languages and developer tools throughout my PhD, focusing on runtime-related issues, instrumentation, profiling (dynamic analysis), and memory analysis. Solving difficult problems, designing clear object-oriented systems, writing tests, improving existing codebases through refactoring, and building tools that increase developer productivity are all aspects of software development that I enjoy. I also enjoy working on enterprise applications where maintainability and good design are important. If you know of a team looking for someone with my background, or if you would simply like to discuss possible opportunities, I would be very happy to hear from you. I can also send my CV privately to anyone interested. Thanks everyone for your help, and I hope to continue being part of the Smalltalk community. Best regards, Sebastian JORDAN MONTAÑO

Aug. 5, 2026

Re: All Smalltalk Report PDF archive online

by Sean DeNigris

> I just published all the archive of the old Smalltalk reports I found on my disc: this is nice to be able to browse all such small (yet interesting) articles around Smalltalk (91-96) Wow, thanks! This is sooo cool :) There were some extra chars in the URL; this one works: https://github.com/Ducasse/SmalltalkReportPDFArchive

July 31, 2026

All Smalltalk Report PDF archive online

by stephane ducasse

Hi I just published all the archive of the old Smalltalk reports I found on my disc: this is nice to be able to browse all such small (yet interesting) articles around Smalltalk (91-96) https://https://github.com/Ducasse/SmalltalkReportPDFArchive <https://https//github.com/Ducasse/SmalltalkReportPDFArchive> enjoy!

July 31, 2026

Re: Lifeware is hiring - Pharo, GemStone, XP/TDD (CH / LU / ES)

by serge.stinckwich＠gmail.com

Bonjour Vincent, comment vas tu? Longtemps que l’on ne sait pas vu. Juste par curiosité, quel est le niveau de salaire de cette offre d emploi. Cordialement Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Jul 2026, at 17:54, Vincent Blondeau via Esug-list <esug-list(a)lists.esug.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We have a new project starting at Lifeware and we're looking for people to join us. > > Our stack is Smalltalk: Glamorous Toolkit (Pharo), GemStone for deployment, strict TDD and pair programming. We follow the real XP practices as described by Kent Beck. You will work across the full lifecycle: talking to clients, designing, building, shipping, and maintaining. The domain is insurance. Work is on-site with flexible remote days. > > We're looking for people with a STEM background who care about writing code with high quality. Smalltalk experience is welcome but not required. Curiosity and craft matter more than years on a CV. Enthusiasm for working with AI is a plus. > > Locations: Bioggio (Lugano, Switzerland), Luxembourg, or Barcelona. International team, everything in English. > > More details and application here: > https://www.lifeware.ch/job/innovative-problem-solver-software-engineer-4/ > > Feel free to reach out directly to me if you have questions. > > Best, > > <image.png> > Vincent BLONDEAU > lifeware.ch

July 26, 2026

Lifeware is hiring - Pharo, GemStone, XP/TDD (CH / LU / ES)

by Vincent Blondeau

Hi all, We have a new project starting at Lifeware and we're looking for people to join us. Our stack is Smalltalk: Glamorous Toolkit (Pharo), GemStone for deployment, strict TDD and pair programming. We follow the real XP practices as described by Kent Beck. You will work across the full lifecycle: talking to clients, designing, building, shipping, and maintaining. The domain is insurance. Work is on-site with flexible remote days. We're looking for people with a STEM background who care about writing code with high quality. Smalltalk experience is welcome but not required. Curiosity and craft matter more than years on a CV. Enthusiasm for working with AI is a plus. Locations: Bioggio (Lugano, Switzerland), Luxembourg, or Barcelona. International team, everything in English. More details and application here: https://www.lifeware.ch/job/innovative-problem-solver-software-engineer-4/ Feel free to reach out directly to me if you have questions. Best, [cid:8943ceea-ff74-4c0a-9792-274da40ac7cb] Vincent BLONDEAU lifeware.ch

July 24, 2026

Winners and Nominees of the ESUG Tech Awards 2026

by Noury Bouraqadi

Dear Smalltalkers, We had a great ESUG at Plovdiv, Bulgaria. One of the highlights as the Innovation Technology Awards. We had 14 great projects nominated listed on https://esug.org/2026-Conference/awardsSubmissions.html Votes of the conference attendees decided of the 3 winners, announced during the conference's social event. *1st. Pulsar: An alternative IDE to empower Pharo*by: Esteban Lorenzano, Pharo Consortium *2nd. THE Sandbox*by: Guille Polito (Inria) *3rd. Jasper (A VS Code Extension for GemStone) and Grail (Transpiling Python to GemStone)*by: James Foster, GemTalk Systems LLC Congratulations ! Noury

July 19, 2026

UKSTUG Meeting: Koen De Hondt - Behaviour-Driven Development with Hera - 24 June 2026

by UK Smalltalk

At ESUG 2025, Hera ( https://github.com/koendehondt/hera-for-pharo ) was introduced as a BDD framework bringing full Gherkin expressiveness to Pharo. Since then, Hera has evolved significantly — both as a framework and as a tool adopted in real-world industrial settings. After a brief introduction to Gherkin ( https://cucumber.io/docs/gherkin/reference ) for writing given-when-then scenarios, various aspects of Hera will be highlighted. A functional overview will set the scene, followed by a dive into the code to show how Hera maps Gherkin features and scenarios to Smalltalk classes and methods. During a live demo, example Gherkin scenarios for a simple Pharo Spec application will be written to explain the full scenario development cycle. Koen De Hondt ( https://be.linkedin.com/in/koendehondt ) has used Smalltalk since 1988, first as a student, then as an academic researcher, and then in industry. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1998). In the nineties and a few years after the turn of the century, he was one of the driving forces behind the Belgian Smalltalk User Group (BSUG). In that time frame, he presented at ESUG conferences several times. In 2003, he left the Smalltalk community for other adventures. In 2023, he returned to the Smalltalk scene and started all: objects all: theTime ( https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/ ). He has been an active contributor to Pharo ever since. Software development tools are his main interest. He is the main author of the book “Application Building with Spec 2.0” ( https://books.pharo.org/BuildingApplicationsWithSpec/ ). This will be an online meeting. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/313860369/ ) to receive the meeting details.

June 18, 2026

Re: Special Issue on Smalltalk Technologies in COLA Journal, deadline EXTENDED to 30.7.

by Gordana Rakic

Dear Everyone, We are happy to share that we've got an extension until 30.7. Hopefully this will help to those preparing the paper and motivate more of you to think of a submission... Let us remind you that you don't have to wait for deadline if you are ready, as the submissions are processed as soon as they arrive. See you soon in Plovdiv! G&G On 6/10/26 14:11, Gordana Rakic via Esug-list wrote: > Dear community, > > As you all know, we are preparing a Special Issue on Smalltalk > Technologies in COLA > Journal, https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/331473/smalltalk-technologies > . > > As the submission deadline is approaching, we started negotiating an > extension with Editorial team. > > It would be very useful if we would know who is preparing a > submission, and if it expected to be ready by 15th of June or you need > some extension (and how many days). > > Could you please contact us regarding this as soon as possible. > > Thanks in advance! > > Gordana and Guille > >

June 15, 2026

Re: Special Issue on Smalltalk Technologies in COLA Journal, deadline is approaching (15.6.)

by Guillermo Polito

Hi Tobias, My understanding is that the paper would not be in open access. I don’t believe that IWST has the budget to pay for those fees either... Anyways, we will contact the journal and see if there is a third option we can find. Cheers, G > Le 10 juin 2026 à 4:43 PM, Pape, Tobias via Esug-list <esug-list(a)lists.esug.org> a écrit : > > Hi Gordana and Guille > > > >> On 10. Jun 2026, at 14:11, Gordana Rakic via Esug-list <esug-list(a)lists.esug.org> wrote: >> >> Dear community, >> >> As you all know, we are preparing a Special Issue on Smalltalk Technologies in COLA Journal, https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/331473/smalltalk-technologies . >> >> As the submission deadline is approaching, we started negotiating an extension with Editorial team. >> >> It would be very useful if we would know who is preparing a submission, and if it expected to be ready by 15th of June or you need some extension (and how many days). >> >> Could you please contact us regarding this as soon as possible. > > Just a question: What is the Open Access policy for that Special Issue? > I fail to find that information, other than the Genreal Elsevier > Open Access policy, where they want an APC of 2940 Dollar. > > Surely, such ludicrous fees are not in scope for the Special Issue? > > Best regards > -Tobias > >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Gordana and Guille

June 11, 2026

ESUG 2026 Attendees | Tech Awards

by Noury Bouraqadi

Hi Fellow Smalltalkers, Are you attending ESUG 2026 in Plovdiv? Time to submit your project to the Tech Awards https://esug.org/2026-Conference/callForAwards.html It's a great opportunity to share work, get feedback, and why not win a prize. See you in Plovdiv, Noury Bouraqadi

June 10, 2026