Dragon vs. Hydra - Competing Development Styles 90
peterofoz writes "You may recall that we discussed a company which was
recruiting talent with a puzzle last December. This turned out to be n-Brain releasing a new product that allows multiple editors to modify the same code in real time to support the collaborative programming paradigm. Now they're back with another challenge:
'Are two heads really better than one? N-BRAIN, Inc. intends to definitively answer this question by sponsoring the
Hydra Versus Dragon Coding Competition, a Reality TV-style battle between the world's finest software developers.' Mark June 23rd on your calendars."
While n-Brain clearly intends this to promote their software, it will be interesting to see if the competition results support their theory of collaborative development.
SubEthaEdit (Score:4, Interesting)
OBTW, Fast != Good Code (Score:3, Interesting)
Developers suffer from interruptions (Score:4, Interesting)
"The Mythical Man Month" points out that adding people to a project often/usually slows it down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month [wikipedia.org]
The best development model I can think of is Linux. Everyone works on their own thing and submits it when it is ready.