A few weeks ago, I wrote a post asking DEV community members if they wanted to potentially pair program with me during a live coding session.

Let's Pair during a Live Coding Session!
Nick Taylor (he/him) ・ Jul 14 '20 ・ 2 min read
A lot of interest was generated and so we did our first live coding pairing session that was streamed on doingdevfordev.com. It was with DEV community member Sophia Li.
She worked on the <ImageUploader />
Preact component in the DEV/forem codebase. It was originally a class component that she converted to a function component using the [useState](https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-reference.html# usestate) hook.
For the full recording of the pairing session check out the YouTube video below. Also, feel free to subscribe to my channel. 😉
Near the end of the pairing session we discussed the possibility of using the [useReducer](https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-reference.html# usereducer) hook instead. After the pairing session, Sophia continued working on the PR she created and implemented the necessary changes to use the useReducer
hook.
For those interested, here is the merged PR.
It was awesome pairing with Sophia and by the way, she’s looking for her next role!
Looking forward to the next pairing session!
Update August 6th, 2020: Check out Sophia’s post!

Learnings from my 1st Live Pairing Session & 1st Pull Request to Forem
Sophia Li ・ Aug 6 '20 ・ 3 min read
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