The latest articles on DEV Community by Hernan (@hernanfmd). https://dev.to/hernanfmd https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3872761%2F447d0355-3c7f-462f-b5b0-52e711065732.png https://dev.to/hernanfmd en Hernan Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:45:09 +0000 https://dev.to/hernanfmd/st-the-missing-unified-installer-and-runner-for-smalltalk-53ho https://dev.to/hernanfmd/st-the-missing-unified-installer-and-runner-for-smalltalk-53ho <p>Smalltalk has excellent live environments, but managing the different VMs, images, and installers for Pharo, Cuis, Squeak, Glamorous Toolkit, GNU Smalltalk, etc. is painful.</p> <p>I made <code>st</code> — a lightweight shell-based CLI that gives one consistent interface:</p> <ul> <li><p><code>st pharo install &amp;&amp; st pharo run</code></p></li> <li><p><code>st gt install</code>, <code>st cuis install</code>, etc.</p></li> <li><p>Basic package search/install and eval support where available</p></li> <li><p>Works on Linux/macOS/Windows (WSL)</p></li> </ul> <p>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/hernanmd/st" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hernanmd/st</a></p> <p>Happy to answer questions, take feedback, or hear what other Smalltalk pain points you'd like addressed.</p> <p>Contributions welcome (especially adding new dialects)! </p> smalltalk cli automation news