I've paired for small amounts of time and my experiences were similar to those in the blog post, especially this: "The amount of time you spend trying to figur

I've paired for small amounts of time and my experiences were similar to those in the blog post, especially this: "The amount of time you spend trying to figure out “what’s going on here” or “why isn’t this working the way I expect” is severely reduced. I’m talking hours of debugging that literally turn into seconds." I'd attribute this very much to the extra "cache" of the second brain that isn't having to manage typing and editing as snprbob86 above mentions. Have you ever watched someone searching for some piece of info on Google or Wikipedia, or looking for a phone number on a website? The person not wielding the mouse/keyboard can often parse and comprehend the info on the screen more quickly. I also agree strongly with this: "the QUALITY of the code that IS produced is so, so, so much higher" I think the post helps to dispel some myths of pairing as well, and it works best if pairing to reach the goal of completing specific tasks.