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We're talking about two totally different programming paradigms here. The end product might be the same but it's more of a question about how you arrive there.

With JQuery you're signing up for manual DOM manipulation. It's a challenge to scale that for what's now considered table-stakes for web apps.

yes, that will break.

It's been super cool to see some people sign up. Happy to answer questions for anyone kicking the tires :)

It's totally separate from the topic of efficiency gains or code reviews, but the idea of 100% pairing would take most of the enjoyment out of programming for me. Working in isolation (for the most part) to solve a hard problem and drive it to completion is incredibly satisfying. A lot of that goes away when you're working side by side.

You're never in "the zone" if you're pair programming.

I was an early team member at Viximo...

As a team we all still believed that we could accomplish big things together. On top of that, we didn't want to let each other down.

Like Brian pointed out, the culture was established at the beginning. Folks were recruited on how well they would gel and adopt a core set of values in addition to pure talent.

Glad to see that someone else thinks this too. I really loved these machines.

2011 - 1 macbook pro * n-employees. Maybe some nice flat-panels if you're into that.

I do.