I've always been annoyed with JIRA's limitation of 1 task = 1 assignee, but IMHO assigning 2+ people to every task by default is overdoing it. Depending on the

I've always been annoyed with JIRA's limitation of 1 task = 1 assignee, but IMHO assigning 2+ people to every task by default is overdoing it. Depending on the product and the team, many tasks can be pretty straightforward if the backlog grooming is done often and the tasks are prepared well. Also, many developers chose to become a developer because they have a more introverted personality and they like working on their own for long stretches of time. If you force them to always work together or sync up with each other more often than is necessary, it will lead to more burn-out.