If you’re reading this, the developers at your company probably asked you to purchase Tuple for them.
This guide explains what makes Tuple worth purchasing, but also when buying it doesn’t make sense. We hope it helps you make a good decision.
Tuple is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that lets developers pair program when they’re working remotely.
Pair programming is when two or more developers work on the same bit of code together:
“Hey Jess, since you wrote this code originally, can you help me make these changes so I don’t break anything?”
We think so! Here’s something we wrote making our best case for pair programming.
Short answer: it lets two programmers control one computer so they can write code together. Both parties can see and hear the other, and both can see and control the screen.
If you want to see more specifics, check out this demo video we made.
Great question!
Technically, yes: you can get by with a generic screen sharing tool. But our customers tell us they prefer Tuple for the following reasons:
Slack Huddles let you share your desktop, but they don’t support remote control. Being able to take control of your pair’s computer is crucial to a good pairing session. Without it, devs resort to dictating code out loud, or directing by voice: “click there…no, above that…no…” which is frustrating and breaks flow.
Quite likely! 71% of our customers say adopting Tuple increased the amount they pair.
This is great news for your code quality, defect rate, and making your remote devs feel connected and supported.
It pays for itself in happier, more productive engineers :)
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Hundreds of savvy development teams! Here are two examples.
Big: Shopify. They started with a limited pilot, saw success, and rolled Tuple out to the entire organization.
Small: Basecamp. They’re incredibly picky about software, but are happily using the app.
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