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I would question the methods used to date this piece of rock.
Do you write Web applications speaking to backends without javascript and using just HTML and CSS or static websites which are improved with animations requiring javascript?
Mob programming seems to be a super inefficient way to develop software. Basically programming by committee?
It's like saying basketball is inefficient, when I pass the ball to a team mate I can loose it, better if I run the whole field on my own.
Programming is mostly a team sport as well, involving backend and frontend engineers, qa, design, product owners.
This is my first hearing of the concept. I'm not sure I'd have anything to add, as I've only programmed solo, with most of that being in the 1980s with DOS and early windows.
I think everybody has got something to add. It is a bit of a social exercise where people share how they think, how they solve problems
Very interesting concept, as I understand it from the material on https://www.remotemobprogramming.org/.
From the name "mob programming" I thought it was something more akin to those mob dances- ie. a large group of technically savvy people organize around an issue and focus their willpower on it for a few hours (like, from 6-9 PM on a random Saturday, 50 programmers coordinate solve all the open issues on a random open source project, out of nowhere.)
I think it's a very interesting concept, comparable to brainstorming. Devs share lots of knowledge during sessions and learn from each other ways of solving issues. I thought about it more as a learning exercise.
> I'm not interested in opinions about mob programming, I have very positive experience with remote sessions :)
Well, I am. Wtf is mob programming and who’s got hands-on-keyboard?
Pair programming makes sense because a discussion can be held — mob programming makes me imagine twitch plays Pokémon
Sure, you can check out more here: https://www.remotemobprogramming.org/
Basically, one person writes the other discussion, and we switch every 20 minutes, so everybody can take part.