Ask HN: Remote pairing, can it be done well?

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Does anyone here do remote pairing well? If so what do you use (os/application/external tools/etc.) Brownie points to those who use an editor with some sort of collaboration tool.

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TMux + Vim will give you a lot of flexibility for editing code while pairing. If you don't need the video features of Skype, you can also try Mumble for chatting.

Hosts starts the pairing session, tmux will just multiplex the screen, and both edit in vim? Ok interesting. Seems fairly limiting in what you can do though.

I've remote-paired a couple of times with skype + screen.

It is very important that both have a good headset/mic.

In screen, we used a shared session and each keep a separate terminal window open for each tab in the session.

The downside was having to develop on a remote machine, but it worked well enough for a few sessions.

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