Yup; lots of variables to play with. As long as we're actively aware of the tradeoffs (and adjust approach as needed) it's all good. I don't personally find p

Yup; lots of variables to play with. As long as we're actively aware of the tradeoffs (and adjust approach as needed) it's all good. I don't personally find pair programming very useful most of the time, though I've done it now & then... though I do benefit from the half-way version, which is to occasionally talk through problems I'm working on with other developers (in detail, with code).