[anthonygd]

> I would agree with the author if the question was "ONLY pair programming" vs "ONLY individual programming", but that is a stupid question.

I think there's some unstated context when people talk about pair programming. Everyone occasionally wants to pair (maybe not with the term though). Pair programming didn't have a name until it started being mandated. As soon pair programming gets a mandate of some sort (% of time, part of codebase, day of week...) it becomes a stupid mistake. It's pretty useful up until that point.

Pair programming is like keyboards. I'm skeptical of anyone who brings up the topic: it doesn't need to be discussed.