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The Programmers Go Coding Two-by-Two — Hurrah?
theodp writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that pair programming is all the rage at tech darlings Facebook and Square. Its advocates speak in glowing terms of the power of pair programming, saying paired coders can catch costly software errors and are less likely to waste time surfing the Web. 'The communication becomes so deep that you don't even use words anymore,' says Facebook programmer Kent Beck. 'You just grunt and point.' Such reverent tones prompted Atlassian to poke a little fun at the practice with Spooning, an instructional video in which a burly engineer sits on a colleague's lap, wraps his arms around his partner's waist and types along with him hand over hand."
PRO-TIP: the other guy was the compiler.
we can talk about it in complete detail when it makes sense, i don't need to smell your farts
You might change your mind if you were working with me. My farts smell like roses.
Theoretically pair programming is supposed to pair up programmers with other programmers, not with management.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
I think we can all see where this is going.
Programmer centipede.
You know I'm right.