On Pair Programming
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On Pair Programming
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#2I fake it by doing a screen capture of myself working and then playing it back.
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#3I'm always slightly surprised when I see an article on martinfowler.com that isn't by Martin Fowler. I can't think of many other personally-branded domains like this that feature guest author content so often.
... which is really me distracting myself, because the guest content is usually of a very high quality. Maybe the personal branding is justified here because Martin Fowler curates and edits the pieces?
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#4I'm always slightly surprised when I see an article on martinfowler.com that isn't by Martin Fowler. I can't think of many other personally-branded domains like this that feature guest author content so often. ... which is really me distracting myself, because the guest content is usually of a very high quality. Maybe the personal branding is justified here because Martin Fowler curates and edits the pieces?
https://martinfowler.com/aboutMe.html helps explain what's going on here:
> As the site got more popular, I felt I could use it to help other people get more visibility for their writing, so I've steadily increased publications from others here. I vet each article before accepting it - and often do a considerable amount of developmental editing too - so there isn't a high rate of publication. I do believe, however, that the quality of the articles matters much more than the quantity.
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#5If forced to choose between pair programming and not programming at all, I think I would choose the latter.
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#6I fake it by doing a screen capture of myself working and then playing it back.
Who are you fooling with this screen capture? Your programming partner?
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#7If forced to choose between pair programming and not programming at all, I think I would choose the latter.
Why?
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#8I had someone in an interview once "confess" that they did so much pair programming they had forgotten how to quickly do things on their own. It was said as if it was one of the pro's of pair prog., but I saw it as a huge downside that this person was so dependent on others to complete their day to day tasks.
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#9If forced to choose between pair programming and not programming at all, I think I would choose the latter.
I'd choose not programming over a team of solo virtuosos and 10x feature factory cogs myself
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#10I fake it by doing a screen capture of myself working and then playing it back.
Who are you fooling with this screen capture? Your programming partner?
Perhaps by “fake it” they meant “emulate it” rather than “deceptively produce the appearance of it”.
This would allow one to double check ones actions in order to notice and correct mistakes one made the first time?