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Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by kmoser on Saturday August 23, 2025 @10:40PM (#45000842)
Have you tried plugging in a second keyboard and taking over where necessary? I do a lot of remote work in which my colleague and I work on the same computer and it's quite useful for either of us to jump in with our own keyboard (and mouse). It does take a bit of occasional verbal negotiation to agree on who really knows what to do (and can do it fastest) but if you communicate well then it's pretty easy.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by bn-l on Saturday August 23, 2025 @11:08PM (#45000983)
Damn I wish I had a relationship with someone like that.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by karmakaze on Saturday August 23, 2025 @11:30PM (#45001098)
Right I only call using the same computer pair programming. Now working remote (with Tuple app) it's still two keyboards/mice on one computer (sometimes mine, sometimes theirs), though it's infrequent for specific tasks.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by Waterluvian on Sunday August 24, 2025 @12:55AM (#45001516)
The wildest thing I experienced once was this experimental “two cursors, two highlights, two clipboards” setup. I badly wish that had caught on. It was like Google Docs but Local Multiplayer.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by nine_k on Sunday August 24, 2025 @01:18AM (#45001604)
One of my previous employers, Dynaboard, built approximately that.

The Show HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30261598

Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by goosejuice on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:41AM (#45005075)
Tuple.app does this. It's pricey but an excellent product.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by konsalexee on Sunday August 24, 2025 @01:46PM (#45006166)
If you enjoy Tuple, we just silently open-sourced Hopp (one of the maintainers here), we are still in Beta era, but would love some feedback!
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by karmakaze on Sunday August 24, 2025 @03:11PM (#45006815)
I sometimes wish the separate clipboards could be turned off, or have a way of pasting from the other's clipboard.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by ustad on Sunday August 24, 2025 @01:41AM (#45001693)
Can you say more about your setup? Does it require extra hardware/software?
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by kmoser on Sunday August 24, 2025 @02:47PM (#45006625)
We're just using TeamViewer. I connect remotely to my colleague's computer while they are sitting in front of their keyboard.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by EagnaIonat on Sunday August 24, 2025 @01:48AM (#45001724)
There is evidence that two people on the keyboard can increase productivity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6rsi7BEtk

Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by rubslopes on Sunday August 24, 2025 @12:06PM (#45005314)
Of course I knew which video it was before even clicking.
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by dcminter on Sunday August 24, 2025 @04:31PM (#45007501)
I was rather expecting it to be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnJnejHhjtI
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by stevetron on Sunday August 24, 2025 @09:29AM (#45004116)
What about an editor that is designed for multiple people to edit the same document? Tie the second keyboard, the second mouse, and a second cursor as resources together and independently edit?
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by el_benhameen on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:54AM (#45005212)
I do this, but with a second monitor and second machine, and then we use git to synchronize our work
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by tstenner on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:21AM (#45010478)
With VS Code and IntelliJ you can even do it in the same documents at the same time
Re:Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? by godelski on Sunday August 24, 2025 @02:18PM (#45006400)
Just a reminder for everyone, you can do this with tmux. So you could even just sit next to each other (or not) and be on your own machines.