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Good stuff. Every sport has great partnerships (Jordon - Pippen, Brady - Gronk) and I always wondered if such a thing would even be possible in SE as I've felt
by fspacef 8y ago
Good stuff. Every sport has great partnerships (Jordon - Pippen, Brady - Gronk) and I always wondered if such a thing would even be possible in SE as I've felt overly self conscious and inefficient while pair programming.
Though what really makes this my favorite long read of the year is how it follows their story over the course of Google's rise and the subtle juxtapositions between early Google of "doors across sawhorses" and today with "Level 0-11". Given all the recent news with engineer walkouts and protests it makes you realize that Google have probably done the best job of handling the scaling challenges of being a unicorn and making the necessary cultural adjustments as they grew in size.
- warent 8y agoDon't forget Sam and Frodo
- ineedasername 8y agoYeah, teams are good but every once in a while you need that lone crazy Tom Bombadil genius to come along and save your butt from disaster.
- kadal 8y agoAnd sometimes you need eagles
- ineedasername 8y agoThe really bad times are when your entire universe screaches to a halt until Brandon Sanderson helps it limp across the finish line.
- gowld 8y agohttp://cycle-gap.blogspot.com/2007/09/extreme-pair-programming-guy-steele-and.html http://cycle-gap.blogspot.com/2007/09/extreme-pair-programmi... Extreme Pair Programming - Guy Steele and Richard Stallman
- xapata 8y ago> long read of the year Are books extra-long?