Ask HN: In the age of agentic AI, do you still pair program?
What about mob/ensemble programming? I work on a team that used to use mob programming heavily. There would be a driver and a navigator, and then someone taking notes. Other people would be "muses" or observers. Always occurring over Zoom. I always felt like this was a very draining way of programming. Pair programming felt a bit better. Of course, we still get together to discuss architecture or how we want to go about a certain set of work or if we're blocked, but with agents, it jus
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来源描述：What about mob/ensemble programming? I work on a team that used to use mob programming heavily. There would be a driver and a navigator, and then someone taking notes. Other people would be "muses" or observers. Always occurring over Zoom. I always felt like this was a very draining way of programming. Pair programming felt a bit better. Of course, we still get together to discuss architecture or how we want to go about a certain set of work or if we're blocked, but with agents, it jus
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记录作者：sparklingmango。 来源票数: 2 votes (2026年11月6日 UTC; cumulative since publication) 可供比较的近期同类记录：“Ask HN: How do AI agents help you in your daily life?” (Hacker News, 2026年11月5日)；“Ask HN: In a world with AI agents how has software task estimation changed?” (Hacker News, 2026年11月5日)。主题相近仅用于导航，未核验其是否属于同一需求或独立证据。
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