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Have you tried plugging in a second keyboard and taking over where necessary? I do a lot of remote work in which my colleague and I work on the same computer an
by kmoser 1y ago
Have you tried plugging in a second keyboard and taking over where necessary? I do a lot of remote work in which my colleague and I work on the same computer and it's quite useful for either of us to jump in with our own keyboard (and mouse). It does take a bit of occasional verbal negotiation to agree on who really knows what to do (and can do it fastest) but if you communicate well then it's pretty easy.
- ustad 1y agoCan you say more about your setup? Does it require extra hardware/software?
- kmoser 1y agoWe're just using TeamViewer. I connect remotely to my colleague's computer while they are sitting in front of their keyboard.
- arresin 1y agoDamn I wish I had a relationship with someone like that.
- karmakaze 1y agoRight I only call using the same computer pair programming. Now working remote (with Tuple app) it's still two keyboards/mice on one computer (sometimes mine, sometimes theirs), though it's infrequent for specific tasks.
- Waterluvian 1y agoThe wildest thing I experienced once was this experimental “two cursors, two highlights, two clipboards” setup. I badly wish that had caught on. It was like Google Docs but Local Multiplayer.
- nine_k 1y agoOne of my previous employers, Dynaboard, built approximately that. The Show HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30261598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30261598
- goosejuice 1y agoTuple.app does this. It's pricey but an excellent product.
- konsalexee 1y agoIf you enjoy Tuple, we just silently open-sourced Hopp (one of the maintainers here), we are still in Beta era, but would love some feedback!
- karmakaze 1y agoI sometimes wish the separate clipboards could be turned off, or have a way of pasting from the other's clipboard.
- EagnaIonat 1y agoThere is evidence that two people on the keyboard can increase productivity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6rsi7BEtk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6rsi7BEtk
- stevetron 1y agoWhat about an editor that is designed for multiple people to edit the same document? Tie the second keyboard, the second mouse, and a second cursor as resources together and independently edit?
- el_benhameen 1y agoI do this, but with a second monitor and second machine, and then we use git to synchronize our work
- tstenner 1y agoWith VS Code and IntelliJ you can even do it in the same documents at the same time
- godelski 1y agoJust a reminder for everyone, you can do this with tmux. So you could even just sit next to each other (or not) and be on your own machines.