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Pair programming made easy

22 points by sedeki 13y ago

hobs 13y ago
I thought pair programming was so both of you were working on one task? Maybe the interface is TOO easy, because I dont have enough information to be interested in signing up.
- shortstuffsushi 13y ago
  Yeah, any information about what the service is actually offering would be good. Who is the one person I can see as available (relvis)? Is he a "professional" there to "help" me? Is he someone looking for a pair?
  - shubb 13y ago
    Also... what languages do they know? Not much good pairing with an SQL guru if you are doing embedded stuff.
    - shortstuffsushi 13y ago
      Indeed, additional "background" on the available people would also be useful.
meatcar 13y ago
Needs time-zones on the times available.
altero 13y ago
Most people who complain about pair programming, tried it only on tiny laptop in loud cafeteria. But pair programming is easy, all you need is decent hardware and private office. Pretty awful this is not common in year 2013.
X4 13y ago
Good idea, but when you focus on personality, by showing faces, then show the subject and reason to take the "workshop". Also make signing up easier, by allowing one to try it out, before joining in. Maybe with a "simulated partner", that would be novel. Nobody offers simulated partners. You could use code-metric tools and nlp to make the simulated partner useful. However concentrate on the main idea: let people in, as easy as possible. Make them actively seek the signup button, instead of showing it into the face, without convincing arguments. Please follow these guidelines: http://www.goodui.org/ http://www.goodui.org/
DanielKehoe 13y ago
It's not clear to me what this site offers that isn't already provided by other sites. Avdi Grimm has a great site [1] with links to many resources for pair programming. For matchmaking with remote pairing partners, Avdi's site lists [2], [3], [4], [5]. [1] http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ [2] http://rubypair.com/ http://rubypair.com/ [3] http://letspair.net http://letspair.net [4] http://emberpairs.com http://emberpairs.com [5] http://www.airpair.com/ http://www.airpair.com/
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finalight 13y ago
what does pair programming even do in the first place?
- shortstuffsushi 13y ago
  I'm not exactly sure what you mean (what is the goal of it, or what is it, or what value does it add), but beyond a basic Google/Wikipedia look up, check out Jeff Atwood's article on it compared with a "code review" session, it's pretty interesting -- http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/pair-programming-vs-code-reviews.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/pair-programming-vs....
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22 points by sedeki 13y ago

hobs 13y ago

I thought pair programming was so both of you were working on one task? Maybe the interface is TOO easy, because I dont have enough information to be interested in signing up.

shortstuffsushi 13y ago
Yeah, any information about what the service is actually offering would be good. Who is the one person I can see as available (relvis)? Is he a "professional" there to "help" me? Is he someone looking for a pair?
- shubb 13y ago
  Also... what languages do they know? Not much good pairing with an SQL guru if you are doing embedded stuff.
  - shortstuffsushi 13y ago
    Indeed, additional "background" on the available people would also be useful.

meatcar 13y ago

Needs time-zones on the times available.

altero 13y ago

Most people who complain about pair programming, tried it only on tiny laptop in loud cafeteria. But pair programming is easy, all you need is decent hardware and private office. Pretty awful this is not common in year 2013.

X4 13y ago

Good idea, but when you focus on personality, by showing faces, then show the subject and reason to take the "workshop". Also make signing up easier, by allowing one to try it out, before joining in. Maybe with a "simulated partner", that would be novel. Nobody offers simulated partners. You could use code-metric tools and nlp to make the simulated partner useful. However concentrate on the main idea: let people in, as easy as possible. Make them actively seek the signup button, instead of showing it into the face, without convincing arguments. Please follow these guidelines: http://www.goodui.org/ http://www.goodui.org/

DanielKehoe 13y ago

It's not clear to me what this site offers that isn't already provided by other sites. Avdi Grimm has a great site [1] with links to many resources for pair programming. For matchmaking with remote pairing partners, Avdi's site lists [2], [3], [4], [5]. [1] http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ [2] http://rubypair.com/ http://rubypair.com/ [3] http://letspair.net http://letspair.net [4] http://emberpairs.com http://emberpairs.com [5] http://www.airpair.com/ http://www.airpair.com/

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finalight 13y ago

what does pair programming even do in the first place?

shortstuffsushi 13y ago
I'm not exactly sure what you mean (what is the goal of it, or what is it, or what value does it add), but beyond a basic Google/Wikipedia look up, check out Jeff Atwood's article on it compared with a "code review" session, it's pretty interesting -- http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/pair-programming-vs-code-reviews.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/pair-programming-vs....

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