Author: Scott Erkkila

There is no single quantitative yardstick that can prove pair programming is universally more productive than solo programming. The empirical record shows mixed effects with substantial between‑study variance, which means context matters. That should not be discouraging. When you widen the lens to neuroscience, human factors, and operations research, a consistent story appears. Pair programming…

“Hi Mr… I’m not even going to try to pronounce your last name,” is how I remember an Xplore customer service representative starting our conversation after my internet service stopped working. Their 50 Mbps service with regular outages just stopped working. They informed me that I would need to pay a cancellation fee (which I…