In defense of rabbit holes
There’s something about struggling with a problem that really fixes it in the brain.
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There’s something about struggling with a problem that really fixes it in the brain.
Overall it's been kind of nice to remember, oh, yeah, I really like The Lord of the Rings.
So you’re stuck watching your pair do things. You don’t understand what’s going on, and you can’t seem to get enough of a handle on the problem to be able to contribute. How do you get out of this situation?
Pairing gives engineers a way to show off to each other without shipping really complicated stuff.