I found pair programming really useful for a lot of situations like, ramping up new team members or teaching someone about some particular module and even learning together a new language, I think is also an awesome tool for team building and for avoiding knowledge silos. But like everything it also has its drawbacks, like sometimes is difficult to match agendas for pairs, to make an example. The social aspect is difficult for some programmers and also there’s people’s that don’t enjoy pairing, and still enjoy PRs more than pairing, and yes if you overcome your social barriers, you can benefit from both, nice post.
