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title: Pair Programming
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      Agile Alliance describes pair programming as a collaborative software practice with driver and
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      Williams, Kessler, Cunningham, and Jeffries published Strengthening the Case for Pair
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      Cockburn and Williams analyzed costs and benefits of pair programming in an academic paper on
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## TL;DR

Pair programming is a collaborative software development practice in which two developers work together on the same task.

## Core Explanation

This repair removes generic ACM and AI-governance dispute text. Public claims now use Agile Alliance and DOI-backed pair-programming papers.

## Further Reading

- [Agile Alliance: Pair Programming](https://agilealliance.org/glossary/pair-programming/)
- [Strengthening the Case for Pair Programming](https://doi.org/10.1109/52.854064)
- [The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79958-3_15)