Re: Setup a remote pair-programming environment

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hi Jérémy,

Jérémy Korwin-Zmijowski <jeremy@korwin-zmijowski.fr> writes:

> Dear Guixters,
>
> I realised I have not shared my last blog post about Guix with you here.
>
> It's about how I used Guix to set up a remote pair-programming
> environment (mostly to hack with Guile). I mean somewhere I could hack 
> with another person.
> For example:
> - I introduced people to Guile and Test Driven Development.
> - Simon introduced me to Guix contribution through bug fixing !
>
> Our setup was pretty experimental but we were able to pull Guix
> sources, compile, edit in Emacs, etc.
> We were using Jitsi to talk to each other.
>
> That was fun, really fun (at least for me haha).
> I enjoy this way to share knowledge, demonstrate, mentor, etc. More
> than reading or watching content from you all.

It sure sounds fun!

> And I hope some of you will enjoy doing remote pair-programming as
> much as I did.
>
> Here is the link of the blog post:
> https://tiny.write.as/jeko/how-to-setup-a-remote-pair-programming-environment-with-gnu-guixn
> Here is the like of my repo with my setup:
> https://framagit.org/Jeko/pair-programming-vm

Working in pair from a VM is an interesting idea.
Near the end of your blog post, you wrote:

> One the communication side, Jitsi is fine. But there could be something
> more suited for remote pair-programming sessions. I read about a Jami
> service…

As the jami-service-type implementer, I'd be happy to help you with
that, if you have any question setting it up, or issues after.

Thanks for sharing!

Maxim