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Re:Show HN: Whiteboardfree – Developer Jobs at Companies Tha... by zackify on Saturday May 19, 2018 @12:20AM (#17106639)
Couldn’t disagree more. I hate whiteboarding and I never do it. Verbal explanations and pair programming work just fine.

I feel slowed down having to write out on a whiteboard when I could instead write some dummy code to get a point across. It just seems crazy to assume all developers everywhere must be good at white boarding.

I tend to move my hand faster than I can hand write, which is why I like typing for all forms of explanation.

Especially since I’m on a full remote team, whiteboarding would be really weird.

Re:Show HN: Whiteboardfree – Developer Jobs at Companies Tha... by linkregister on Saturday May 19, 2018 @12:26AM (#17106654)
I can't recall ever having written actual code on a whiteboard in the course of doing actual work. I have, many times, sketched out a system's architecture or worked out some weird process using boxes and arrows.

I'm sure a shared digital sketchpad would accomplish the same thing for remote workers.