Dragon vs. Hydra - Competing Development Styles

peterofoz writes "You may recall that we discussed a company which was recruiting talent with a puzzle last December. This turned out to be n-Brain releasing a new product that allows multiple editors to modify the same code in real time to support the collaborative programming paradigm. Now they're back with another challenge: 'Are two heads really better than one? N-BRAIN, Inc. intends to definitively answer this question by sponsoring the Hydra Versus Dragon Coding Competition, a Reality TV-style battle between the world's finest software developers.' Mark June 23rd on your calendars." While n-Brain clearly intends this to promote their software, it will be interesting to see if the competition results support their theory of collaborative development.

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SubEthaEdit

[Caste11an]

I've used SubEthaEdit for years for this purpose.

OBTW, Fast != Good Code

[FurtiveGlancer]

I wonder if there will be a quality review of the code and comments before they declare a winner?

Developers suffer from interruptions

[Anonymous Coward]

Developers are most productive when they are in the groove. Distractions kill productivity. Collaboration causes distractions, ergo collaboration decreases productivity. http://www.byte-vision.com/ProductivityArticle.aspx

"The Mythical Man Month" points out that adding people to a project often/usually slows it down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

The best development model I can think of is Linux. Everyone works on their own thing and submits it when it is ready.