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Re:Against Pair Programming by skeeter2020 on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:10AM (#30387525)
> Novel writing is complex, chess is complex, art is complex.

Well one thing you need to consider is that most software is not written in small, artisian batches but at scale. Pairing is one way to promote doing development and all the things you mention at a greater capacity than the individual.

Re:Against Pair Programming by Veuxdo on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:20AM (#30387656)
Maybe? Dividing up the work is the other, traditional, way to work at scale. It hasn't been shown that pair programming is more effective.