My preferred mode of work is to spread information asynchronously but to discuss it synchronously. Remote work has finally made it possible for me to be better

My preferred mode of work is to spread information asynchronously but to discuss it synchronously. Remote work has finally made it possible for me to be better at synchronous collaboration with others (edit: changed from "pair program"). Rather than being forced to work in a distracting open office, I finally have a private office. In the past, conversations about code tended to only happen asynchronously during code review, but now we are having them while work is in progress and for code review and it is a lot more productive for us than asynchronous. When you do a synchronous code review, you still need to put in review comments so that others can understand what is going on asynchronously. These comments won't be the full conversation- instead they will be a summary- sometimes you will end up omitting useful details, but it reduces the text overload of asynchronous. In the past being in an open office environment meant that collaborating with someone always risked being rude- disrupting others with our conversation. This would sometimes be handled by using a meeting room, but this still isn’t as good as just both of us communicating from our offices. For synchronous remote work It’s crucial to still work with people in similar time zones.