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🧠 Rethinking Pair Programming in the Age of AI Why "pairing with AI" is harmful to your team and what to do instead learnings.aleixmorgadas.dev/p/rethinking...

At first, it just feels wrong. And after thinking it in depth, it is so wrong. Imagine a junior on your team hearing seniors say *"they're so productive pairing with AI, they can ship a lot of code by themselves now."*

In the post, I explore the situation in more depth. I would love to know your stories as a junior, we need to create a more awareness on how to integrate AI and support our peers along the journey.

We shouldn't trade individual productivity over team productivity. We know this doesn't work in the long term.

I thought about this lately; it’s a bit concerning to me. Introducing long autonomous coding windows (+30min) makes the work more individual. If we’re increasing that time (it seems to be the trend) should we shift collaboration earlier (in the specification phase) and reinforce it during reviews?