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On Pair Programming

Martin Fowler · 40 min read

A post on martinfowler.com is cited by 26 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 9 October 2026).

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26blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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First cited19 Jan 2020
Latest citation6 Sept 2026
Anchor phrases5
Called by its title5 of 26 blogs
External links30
Words captured8,975
New citing blogs a weeksince Jan 2020
New citing blogs a week, since Jan 2020: 352 weeks, peak 2 a week, latest week 0

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Shape: evergreen. Half of its 26 citing blogs had cited it after 458 days; 73% first cited it more than a year on.

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 26 blogs across 3 subjects: technology 15, books and writing 1, life 1, unclassified 9.

How it is described

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • pair programming8 blogs
  • on pair programming5 blogs
  • swapping back and forth regularly1 blog
  • benefits and drawbacks to pairing1 blog
  • martin fowler on pair programming1 blog

Cited by 26 blogs in 29 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
Blundell's Android Tutorials1 post
Pair Programming With Your AI Agent

linked as “On Pair Programming”

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6 Sept 2026
Matt Wynne2 posts
https://mattwynne.net/

linked as “swapping back and forth regularly”

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26 Jun 2026
1 other post
Pair Programming in the Age of Agents

linked as “swapping back and forth regularly”

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4 Mar 2026
Human Who Codes - Human Who Codes1 post
From Coder to Orchestrator: The future of software engineering with AI

linked as “On Pair Programming”

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20 Jan 2026
Thoughtworks Insights1 post
Do developers need to think less with AI?

linked as “pair programming”

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4 Jul 2025
Lisa Crispin1 post
“More than one person doing the same task? Crazy!”

linked as “pairs”

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24 Jun 2025
Atomic Object2 posts
Embrace Cortisol with Anxiety Coding

linked as “Navigating”

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8 May 2025
1 other post
Stop Pair Programming and Start Pair Exploring

linked as “overtly discourage”

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15 Nov 2023
agileotter.blogspot.com1 post
Pair Programming Listicle

linked as “Writings On Pair Programming”

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11 Feb 2025
exubero.com1 post
Joe’s Lightweight Software Engineering Approach

linked as “pair programming”

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20 Nov 2024
Ink and Switch1 post
Upwelling: Combining real-time collaboration with version control for writers.

linked as “pair programming”

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8 Mar 2023
dev.in.the.shell1 post
Pair Programming 101

linked as “technical”

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4 Feb 2023
avi.im1 post
Recurse Center Day 3: Hammock Driven Development

linked as “Martin Fowler’s guide”

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3 Nov 2021
chadxz.dev2 posts
Communication is a Superpower

linked as “Pair programming”

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22 Aug 2021
1 other post
Highlights from the April 2021 ThoughtWorks Technology Radar

linked as “Pair programming”

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19 Apr 2021
dwf.bigpencil.net1 post
On Pair Programming

linked as “topic of Pair Programming”

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26 May 2021
Simpler Machines1 post
The Mortifying Ordeal of Pair Programming All Day

linked as “benefits and drawbacks to pairing”

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7 May 2021
Zalando Engineering1 post
Making the Remote Onboarding a Success

linked as “Martin Fowler: On Pair Programming”

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21 Apr 2021
code-maven.com1 post
Live pair programming events

linked as “Martin Fowler on Pair Programming”

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2 Apr 2021
nikoheikkila.fi1 post
Reducing the Lead Times with Little's Law

linked as “pair programming”

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28 Mar 2021
rpastuszak1 post
Pair Programming with Snakes

linked as “On Pair Programming”

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21 Mar 2021
garrickadenbuie.com1 post
Questions, answers, and reprexes

linked as “pair programming”

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16 Mar 2021
hiremaga.com1 post
Process is for people

linked as “pair programming”

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1 Oct 2020
dmalaminos.com1 post
The art of tackling complex problems

linked as “Pair programming”

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13 Jun 2020
blog.bennycornelissen.nl1 post
Remote Pair Programming: adapting to 2020

linked as “this article by Birgitta Böckeler and Nina Siessegger”

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18 May 2020
olegkarasik.wordpress.com1 post
.NET R&D Digest (February, 2020)

linked as “On Pair Programming”

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29 Feb 2020
aviskase.com1 post
Hmms: January

linked as “pair programming by Birgitta Böckeler and Nina Siessegger”

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1 Feb 2020
evantravers1 post
Books and Links: January

linked as “On Pair Programming”

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31 Jan 2020

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