When Promptworks cofounder Jason Garber started jotting down ideas and concepts about pair programming — a software development method that allows two programmers to work synchronously on a project — in a Google Doc back in 2012, he never thought it’d see the light of day.

It was before Garber linked up with cofounders Mike Nicholaides and Greg Sterndale to launch the Center City software company, and before he knew he’d someday lead a team of about 35 as chief operating officer. But Promptworks embraced pair programming as a go-to method in its workplace, and eventually, folks came to Garber asking if he had any resources to learn more about it or to share with new employees.

He’d spent the last few years documenting metaphors, thought processes and tips about pair programming, but it was a colleague’s wife, with A Book Apart publishing, who convinced the COO to publish a manual. After about a year of editing, rewriting and refining, the book, “Practical Pair Programming” was released in July.

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