There’s an expression in Latin - festina lente. It means “make haste slowly”. We optimise for speed in software development. Deep work is often the casualty in this quest for speed. Slowing things down through writing has several benefits.

Advocate for a pair programming pattern where two developers act as each other’s accountability partners.

Create smaller decentralised pods inside the team to devolve responsibilities. Pods operate autonomously and make their own decisions.

To make remote pairing work, the tools involved play a big role. Make sue you have specialised tools that serve the purpose.

Take a break by going solo on simple coding activities that won’t benefit from the intense code review of pair programming.

Use the flexibility of remote work to work out your “pairing” hours. Get into the practice of writing good commit messages and pass on the baton.