“I don't know if you heard of this like topol it's like a pair programming product.”
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“if it's remote they use it you can use a tool like tupo like which we use”
“I use it I'm not a paired program with anyone it is the fastest way to talk to someone at your company”
“I want to plug Tuple I think I'm gonna put everything on Tuple”
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