10 engineers on Hacker News describe using Smalltalk first-hand: 4 endorse it, 1 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“I am fondly remembering actually using Smalltalk in production for a small web project.”
endorse · production · cardanome · 2026-10-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“But in a Smalltalk environment it was an absolute no-brainer and super slick because the environment was set up for it to just work.”
endorse · production · coward123 · 2022-03-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“It was slow, verbose, couldn't integrate with CVS, required you to use their editor, and produced a UI which was completely non-native.”
regret · production · rwmj · 2021-11-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I used Smalltalk a bit in college and then for about a year professionally”
endorse · production · 1 yr · poulsbohemian · 2018-07-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I almost regret learning Smalltalk after experiencing what a joy it is to program in.”
endorse · personal · muraiki · 2015-07-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Back in university, I did an introductory course in Smalltalk/Squeak as well as three seminars that used Smalltalk”
mixed · personal · CookWithMe · 2014-12-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Ages ago, I actually bought a Smalltalk for Windows compiler, but never got around to doing anything with it”
neutral · personal · WillAdams · 2026-10-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we migrated everything to Java using VA for Java and early Websphere.”
neutral · production · throwawayForMe2 · 2021-01-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“after many years of programming in (pure object-oriented, dynamically typed, invented by Alan Kay) Smalltalk”
neutral · personal · pulse7 · 2018-11-04 · source ↗ · wrong label?“When we were taught an OO course, we had smalltalk first, and then we moved to C++.”
neutral · personal · perlpimp · 2010-06-11 · source ↗ · wrong label?