Wow, this is a very well-written article. I have experienced a lot of this in my own experience as a software developer.

This makes me wonder, the concept of pair programming has been around for a very long time. And yet, pull requests have grown in popularity while the use of pair programming remains pretty limited.

Does that mean that companies want to operate like a bunch of individuals instead of a team? Is independence valued more than speed & collaboration when it comes to software development teams?