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God bless the designated typer in the mob. That is a job worse than death.

• wpietri 11y ago
  I imagine it depends a lot on the mob. I've definitely been in living rooms where people were basically doing mob video game playing. If the mob is enthusiastic, respectful, and generally helpful, it can be a lot of fun.
  • dasmoth 11y ago
    The video-game-playing mobs occur, pretty much by definition, organically. If this stuff catches on, it will be imposed from above on coders who are far from enthusiastic.
    • wpietri 11y ago
      There are quite a number of good software development practices that are mostly great when teams choose them on their own but often produce terrible results when imposed. Unit tests and writing documentation are two that come to mind. I think the problem isn't with the individual practices, it's with a theory of management that treats programmers as minions rather than professionals. And, of course, with programmers' widespread acquiescence to that power relationship.