I’m totally not trying to convince you, because I don’t strongly believe in pairing or anything. But, one benefit that I do see with pairing is that code is alw

I’m totally not trying to convince you, because I don’t strongly believe in pairing or anything. But, one benefit that I do see with pairing is that code is always shared amongst a team. You’re seeing the social interaction as only a cost, but there is also a benefit: pairing ensures that the code produced matches more than just one person’s brain. It basically frontloads the communication / knowledge sharing of the structure and reasoning behind the code, and avoids using patterns that only one person enjoys or understands. Which surely is an important part of working on a team.