Have you tried plugging in a second keyboard and taking over where necessary? I do a lot of remote work in which my colleague and I work on the same computer and it's quite useful for either of us to jump in with our own keyboard (and mouse). It does take a bit of occasional verbal negotiation to agree on who really knows what to do (and can do it fastest) but if you communicate well then it's pretty easy.

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EagnaIonat 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

There is evidence that two people on the keyboard can increase productivity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6rsi7BEtk

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rubslopes 4 days ago | parent [-]

Of course I knew which video it was before even clicking.

	▲	dcminter 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I was rather expecting it to be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnJnejHhjtI

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stevetron 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What about an editor that is designed for multiple people to edit the same document? Tie the second keyboard, the second mouse, and a second cursor as resources together and independently edit?

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el_benhameen 4 days ago | parent [-]

I do this, but with a second monitor and second machine, and then we use git to synchronize our work

	▲	tstenner 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		With VS Code and IntelliJ you can even do it in the same documents at the same time

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bn-l 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Damn I wish I had a relationship with someone like that.

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karmakaze 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Right I only call using the same computer pair programming. Now working remote (with Tuple app) it's still two keyboards/mice on one computer (sometimes mine, sometimes theirs), though it's infrequent for specific tasks.

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ustad 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you say more about your setup? Does it require extra hardware/software?

	▲	kmoser 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		We're just using TeamViewer. I connect remotely to my colleague's computer while they are sitting in front of their keyboard.

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Waterluvian 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The wildest thing I experienced once was this experimental “two cursors, two highlights, two clipboards” setup. I badly wish that had caught on. It was like Google Docs but Local Multiplayer.

	▲	nine_k 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		One of my previous employers, Dynaboard, built approximately that. The Show HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30261598
	▲	goosejuice 4 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Tuple.app does this. It's pricey but an excellent product.
	▲	konsalexee 4 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		If you enjoy Tuple, we just silently open-sourced Hopp (one of the maintainers here), we are still in Beta era, but would love some feedback!
	▲	karmakaze 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I sometimes wish the separate clipboards could be turned off, or have a way of pasting from the other's clipboard.

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godelski 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Just a reminder for everyone, you can do this with tmux. So you could even just sit next to each other (or not) and be on your own machines.