You are Pair Programming

Just like you are testing so you might as well automate it before writing code, you also are pair programming so you might as well do it live. Writing is a conversation with another human and the quality of the writing depends on the context of the reader.

Testing

1. Before code (TDD)
2. After code
3. On push
4. Pre-merge
5. In staging
6. In prod
7. By customers (fix when you see errors or complaints)

Pair Programming

1. As you code
2. Via code review
3. Via issue/integration request (someone read your code, maybe it’s you!)