Imagine that you had someone looking over your shoulder at work at all times. Things that you do every day, like checking Facebook for a quick break or drafting an email to your boss, are different ...

There is a trend in the technology industry in which software drives the configuration and operation of IT infrastructure, including networking. This means that software, instead of per-device ...

Editor’s note: Farhan Thawar is the VP Engineering of Toronto’s Xtreme Labs. Before joining the Xtreme team, Farhan held the positions of Chief Software Architect at I Love Rewards, the Head of Search ...

Every development organization wants rapid, high-quality, code delivery. One successful strategy -- that's been around in some form for 25 years -- is pair programming. With this methodology, two ...

This leaves us with two options: Radically change the code review process or change goals and expectations from defect removal to something more effective. Ultimately, both options may be part of the ...

The skill of pair programming, an increasingly popular agile software development technique, is separate from the general software development skill. Years of PP experience are neither a prerequisite ...

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We’ve all heard the fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare." We have likely ignored the lesson of the fable that slow and steady wins the race. Nowhere is it more apparent that we’ve forgotten what the ...

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If you work at a startup and have ever seen two engineers cozied up next to each other on a beanbag chair intently gazing into the same computer screen, you’ve probably got some pair programmers on ...

At Stats Perform, Engineering Manager Brad Pederson said that having two employees simultaneously think about different ways to solve a problem has led to an improved set of solutions. Those solutions ...

Open-plan offices, in particular, seem an impressively terrible idea. “Open plan layouts create massive distraction, damaging productivity,” according to a recent analysis by the U.K.’s Channel 4. See ...