🍻Pair programming

Pair programming is quite effective way to produce high quality code and reduce number of bugs. It also results in knowledge sharing and team bonding. It is particularly useful for onboarding new members on team.

Challenges are in finding compatible pairs, communication skills, mental fatigue due to prolonged sessions. We can use screen sharing, collaborative editors, videos to reduce need for being in same location.

With AI chatbots like Gemini, chatGPT, etc. we can use them as pair programming partners or perhaps sounding boards for ideas, a lot of times, we meet with a friend of colleague to brainstorm ideas, LLMs can be good at that sort of discussions.