Last week the Wall Street Journal had an article about pair programming titled Computer Programmers Learn Tough Lesson in Sharing. The article highlights both the positive and negative aspects of pair programming in a balanced manner but ends with an example of an organization who tried pair programming and abandoned it. I’ve done pair programming recently and to some extent, I agree with the statement “you just grunt and point”. When two people are correctly paired, the synchronicity and synergy in terms of shared thought Continue reading →