COVID-19 has undoubtedly exacerbated the feeling, but who else thinks collaborating or merely communicating with your teammates on code is far from convenient, especially when it comes to quick problem resolution?
As software engineers, we are all too familiar with being stuck on a problem for hours, whereas it’s solution turns out to be a single line of code or even less. Let’s have a deeper dive into one such basic, however frequent situation.
Say my teammate works on an issue that I happen to be more familiar with than them. So my teammate is stuck and can’t be bothered to resolve the issue communicating. Why? Because it is a pain in the a!**
No channel has proven very useful for quick and seamless problem resolution. That leads me to GitLive (https://www.git.live), a project I am currently involved in as COO and which I want to introduce here. GitLive is an IDE plugin that adds a realtime layer to the transactional git workflow. The plugin provides an integrated team environment which syncs with your repository hosting service team’s composition. It gives you realtime access to your teammate’s local working copy subject to privacy settings that can be modified. Furthermore, with a simple mouse click, you can request a collaborative session, allowing you to type in your teammate’s local files! That’s pretty cool, in my opinion.
2. I seamlessly add a line or two of code to bring my teammates back on track.
Resolution time: 5 min!
Yes, probably not that easy, but I’d love some insight on the most significant pain points you guys are facing in your daily dev communication flow, as well as your thoughts on GitLive. Throw it at me 🥊 😁
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