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Pair programming usually has a single "driver" on the keyboard to keep things controllable. Here, everybody is driving: "dozens of cursors are concurrently edit

Pair programming usually has a single "driver" on the keyboard to keep things controllable. Here, everybody is driving: "dozens of cursors are concurrently editing the same file in real-time."

drcongo 11mo ago
That's not how they, or anyone else, uses it on code though - that's on their notes. This is just a feature, it's up to you how you use it.
sph 11mo ago
The metaphorical infinite monkeys on typewriters.
riffraff 11mo ago
a few years ago our company used Screenhero which allowed editing with multiple cursors while screensharing. The experience was actually quite nice for two-three people but we always had the "ok let me type now" flow. Multiple changes happening at once sounds hyper distracting.
vablings 11mo ago
The concept of sharing and taking turns has been lost on the software engineer here....
a-dub 11mo ago
my understanding is that this is the dynamic in modern college classrooms. everyone opens a big shared google doc for notes and they all collaboratively edit a set of notes in real-time. or at least that's what i've heard, no idea if they actually do it. it is nice to see a crdt backed editor tool for markdown and code though. gdocs markdown support has been lacking for years.
- tomComb 11mo ago
  True, but the option of wysiwyg for editing markdown would really be a great addition. Or even just for preview ... https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/21717 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/21717
- satvikpendem 11mo ago
  > or at least that's what i've heard, no idea if they actually do it. Yeah, we used to do that back when I was in college. It's only for certain classes and most people usually kept their own notes too (or instead, why write twice). Or some classes ban laptops so you'd write on paper anyway.

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Pair programming usually has a single "driver" on the keyboard to keep things controllable. Here, everybody is driving: "dozens of cursors are concurrently edit

by electroly 11mo ago

Pair programming usually has a single "driver" on the keyboard to keep things controllable. Here, everybody is driving: "dozens of cursors are concurrently editing the same file in real-time."

drcongo 11mo ago
That's not how they, or anyone else, uses it on code though - that's on their notes. This is just a feature, it's up to you how you use it.
sph 11mo ago
The metaphorical infinite monkeys on typewriters.
riffraff 11mo ago
a few years ago our company used Screenhero which allowed editing with multiple cursors while screensharing. The experience was actually quite nice for two-three people but we always had the "ok let me type now" flow. Multiple changes happening at once sounds hyper distracting.
vablings 11mo ago
The concept of sharing and taking turns has been lost on the software engineer here....
a-dub 11mo ago
my understanding is that this is the dynamic in modern college classrooms. everyone opens a big shared google doc for notes and they all collaboratively edit a set of notes in real-time. or at least that's what i've heard, no idea if they actually do it. it is nice to see a crdt backed editor tool for markdown and code though. gdocs markdown support has been lacking for years.
- tomComb 11mo ago
  True, but the option of wysiwyg for editing markdown would really be a great addition. Or even just for preview ... https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/21717 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/21717
- satvikpendem 11mo ago
  > or at least that's what i've heard, no idea if they actually do it. Yeah, we used to do that back when I was in college. It's only for certain classes and most people usually kept their own notes too (or instead, why write twice). Or some classes ban laptops so you'd write on paper anyway.