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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by pensatoio on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:18PM (#17824282)
That’s ridiculous. Pairing 100% would seriously hamper productivity. You need time to withdraw into your mind and think through solutions.

This is why code reviews were invented.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by acct1771 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:49AM (#17824888)
What could make code reviews more effective? Doing them all the time! /s
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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by sgslo on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:40AM (#17828142)
I've worked at a company that did 100% pairing as well, you'd be surprised at the productivity gains that you experience with it, depending on your work habits.

Not everyone can sit down for 8 hours a day and write code. Some number of people get distracted by Facebook, Hacker News, whatever it might be. Having a baby-sitter of sorts sitting next to you certainly keeps this kind of person on track - and I know, I'm one of them.

Of course this is not every engineer out there. Sure, some people are able to stay focused for 8 hours a day, but I'm certainly not one of them.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by captain_perl on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:58AM (#17824934)
Highly recommended:

https://www.gerritcodereview.com/

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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by piotrkaminski on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:27PM (#17829031)
Or (tooting my own horn) for a friendlier but still powerful approach to code reviews that integrates better with GitHub you could try https://reviewable.io.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by xmklb on Thursday August 23, 2018 @09:09AM (#17826916)
Would this be an alternative and/or replacement to GitHub's code review features?
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Re:Ask HN: I'm experiencing pair programming exhaustion, how... by ribble on Thursday August 23, 2018 @09:04AM (#17826877)
read through it. that is nice. thank you for sharing that! do believe am going to implement that for my team.
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