I've read a few articles on proper setup of pair programming. Well, it's definitely not a piece of cake. Two rules mentioned there are that 1) pairs should be tested for psychological compatibility (using non-critical tasks) and 2) there should be more than one trained peer for each developer, and they shall be regularly regroupped. Some part of team could work on less important tasks individually, so, odd number of devs doesn't that matter.
But another thing here is that pair programming is exhausting: it spends mental energy much faster than individual work. Exceptions are rare and shan't be relied on. So, it should be used only for most quality-required tasks.
What if they both miss an error?
Well, there always shall be a reviewer who wasn't involved in this change development.
See above for answers to rest.
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I've read a few articles on proper setup of pair programming. Well, it's definitely not a piece of cake. Two rules mentioned there are that 1) pairs should be tested for psychological compatibility (using non-critical tasks) and 2) there should be more than one trained peer for each developer, and they shall be regularly regroupped. Some part of team could work on less important tasks individually, so, odd number of devs doesn't that matter.
But another thing here is that pair programming is exhausting: it spends mental energy much faster than individual work. Exceptions are rare and shan't be relied on. So, it should be used only for most quality-required tasks.
Well, there always shall be a reviewer who wasn't involved in this change development.
See above for answers to rest.
Looking at entire poster's blog, I'm certain he decided to follow the way of highly contoversial provocative posts. This shall be taken into account, and our task is to get what we need from such a discussion kind.