How long does it take for a new developer to become productive on your codebase?
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Two programmers share a screen and work on a task together. They discuss the problem, pool ideas, agree on an approach, share information about the codebase, learn from one another, type the code out and commit it
I don't think it's a magic bullet but for quickly bringing a newcomer up to speed on a new codebase it's about the best approach I can imagine