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> The vast vast majority of shops are not going to adopt Extreme Programming True! > and cut their velocity in half That’s not how pair programming works.
by natbennett 14d ago
> The vast vast majority of shops are not going to adopt Extreme Programming
True!
> and cut their velocity in half
That’s not how pair programming works.
- hungryhobbit 13d agoI've done pair programming (at an Extreme Programming shop). There are lots of benefits to the practice in terms of knowledge transfer, catching bugs (and otherwise benefiting from having "two sets of eyes") and so on. But ... it definitely lowers how much code you produce. Maybe two people work a little faster than one (maybe it only cuts velocity to 55% or 60%) ... but it definitely cuts output by a lot. Pair programming is not about getting more done, it's about getting less done (but done better).