Pulsar at ESUG 2026 (new Smalltalk IDE)
A developer introduced Pulsar, a new coding-first IDE for the Pharo programming language, at the ESUG 2026 conference. The project emphasizes the importance of maintaining a deep understanding of code structure despite the rise of generative AI tools.
Why it matters
It addresses the tension between automated coding assistants and the need for developers to retain fundamental system-level knowledge.
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.
At ESUG this year —2026, for those reading this from the future— I presented Pulsar , a new IDE for Pharo, with a strong focus on coding.
That may sound like an obvious thing for an IDE to focus on. But in these days of RAD reborn in the form of generative agents, perhaps it is not so obvious after all.
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