An agile team of bright, talented developers struggles to deliver. They’ve taken on unplanned work fixing production defects that weren’t caught; there is more front end development than back end ...

In 3.5 years as a consultant I spent more time talking (with clients) about pair programming than any other topic. In general, client developers had never properly paired and had no desire to do so.

Editor’s note: Farhan Thawar is the VP Engineering of Toronto’s Xtreme Labs. Before joining the Xtreme team, Farhan held the positions of Chief Software Architect at I Love Rewards, the Head of Search ...

Have you ever wondered what Pair Programming is, or how it works? “If I were to summarize Pair Programming in four words, it would be ‘Two programmers, one pencil.’ ” One day I was just listening to a ...

At Stats Perform, Engineering Manager Brad Pederson said that having two employees simultaneously think about different ways to solve a problem has led to an improved set of solutions. Those solutions ...

Pair programming is one of the most contentious practices within Extreme Programming - both supporters and detractors can become quite emotional. So what is pair programming, and why do people become ...

If you work at a startup and have ever seen two engineers cozied up next to each other on a beanbag chair intently gazing into the same computer screen, you’ve probably got some pair programmers on ...

It’s a conversation, not a quiz, and candidates should look for opportunities to show off coding and communication skills. Teamwork and collaboration are more important than ever as remote work ...

Open-plan offices, in particular, seem an impressively terrible idea. “Open plan layouts create massive distraction, damaging productivity,” according to a recent analysis by the U.K.’s Channel 4. See ...