Why We Don't Need Offices

I have a desk job. I spend a lot of time sitting. Who's going to shell out for a nice desk + chair? Who's going to pay for my internet connection? Heating costs?

Lots of problems can be solved by walking over to a colleague. More problems than I can think of are caused by remote working, including code quality.

You probably have the opposite point of view. Everyone's different. For lots of people an office is more suitable. For lots of people home is suitable. For lots of people a mixture. We do need offices.

It is vastly less effective than being able to rotate my monitor towards a team member and say "What do you think of this?" and get an instant answer.

Shared spaces lower friction, and this is incredibly useful when working closely.

I really need to get into the habit of checking the URL before clicking on articles.

There's nothing more frustrating to a developer than hearing four sales calls happening simultaneously.