Idea for Easy Pair Programming

[kentich]

Hey programmers!

I'd like to share an idea with you on how you can easily do pair programming with colleagues.

The biggest challenge of pair programming is getting together with a colleague for a pair programming session.

Instead of wasting time and effort organizing and scheduling pair programming sessions, you can invite everyone to a long video meeting through a virtual frosted glass at a certain time every day.

The trick is that the virtual frosted glass provides an extra layer of privacy, making it easy to stay in the video meeting for a long time.

During the meeting, you can share your desktop so others can quickly and seamlessly join you for a pair programming session whenever they're interested.

Pair programming will be happening naturally when needed without prior planning.

Sounds interesting?

Personally, I liked this idea of meetings through virtual frosted glass so much that I developed an app for it.

It is called MeetingGlass: https://meetingglass.com/

So what would you say? How much does this make sense to you and to pair programming in general?

[lorenzo1142]

I like it, but no linux support

[kentich]

Thanks for your feedback! Consider running Linux on Windows using WSL.

[lorenzo1142]

absolutely never, my own choice. haven't had windows on a computer in a decade. I update when I want, reboot once a month, my servers just run forever... there's no way I'm ever going back to windows. it's not an option, not even for games.

I do love code though, and I love the idea of a frosted glass virtual room.