Tools for Remote Software Development and Pair Programming

At my current place (team of 5), we set up Zerotier[0] to create a LAN between all of our computers and servers. This lets us directly ssh into each-other's machine, simplifies file sharing to an rsync, etc...

I find this works really well, as when someone has a bug and needs help, we can all access :8000" rel="nofollow">http://:8000 to access the instance he's working on, and ssh into the machine to get access to the logs to try and help figure out what's wrong.

Disclaimer : just a happy Zerotier user.

[0]: https://www.zerotier.com/

I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned, I've used it before with great results.

https://atom.io/packages/atom-pair

I've used a shared tmux session over ssh in the past, which worked quite nicely without installing any extra software (besides tmux obviously)

Guessing you're talking about Screenhero.

https://screenhero.com/

I used to think there was a lot of value in the concept of pair programming but I think the Pull Request and Code Review model is simply superior. It allows for a lot of the benefits of pair programming but with lower costs. I've always found that even looking over someone's shoulder to help debug something slows to a crawl. It takes more discipline than most engineers have to keep it truly paired.