Any one got a good experience of mobbing ?
Seems like it’s one person driving and the 2-3 telling them what to type.
Couldn’t we just use some voice input software to do that?
I must be missing something

I love mobbing
And your example is pretty typical. I find when I'm driving (typing) my concentration is on that whilst the others are giving ideas.
No reason you can't pause to think stuff out and ask questions.
I find it great for getting everyone involved, junior to senior and make it a safe comfortable environment for people to share ideas.
I'd only suggest mobbing at the start of something, or when something is difficult. Other times people get bored because everyone already knows what to do.
And keep the phones away!

@dan-pud I think I’ve mobbed a few times in the past and I enjoyed it, I just didn’t know that’s what we were doing.

But this new team are official ‘mobbers’, and I’m not convinced they’re doing it right or using it when they should. They’ve spent 3 days just doing some simple date time comparison and some unit tests around it.
I would’ve thought if 1 dev, or a couple paired on it, it would honestly take about 3 hours at the most.

@TrevorTheRat nah that's boring.
Definitely more a pairing thing than mobbing. Great that everyone is working together but probably not very efficient

@dan-pud yeah I thought something wasn’t right. Sounds like it could be brilliant if used properly