At this point, how does this not count as "code reviews"? You may not be using a PR based workflow, but it sure sounds like code reviews are in fact happening beyond simply "pair programming".
Not only is the blog title a little inaccurate, it's also clickbait.
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At this point, how does this not count as "code reviews"? You may not be using a PR based workflow, but it sure sounds like code reviews are in fact happening beyond simply "pair programming".
Not only is the blog title a little inaccurate, it's also clickbait.
Code reviews, traditionally, are a much more formal affair.
"Rotating pairs" means that you frequently change one half of the pair on a story or epic, to ensure constant diffusion of context about a codebase.
So for example:
Day 1: A & B work on a story.
Day 2: A rotates off. B & C work on the story and complete it. They pick up another story from the same track.
Day 3: B rotates off. C & A work on the new story.
At each point, you preserve and then share context.