Here's the thing, there's no way to measure programming productivity at all, so, no, there's no valid studies about anything ever. The studies that try always suffer from this inherent flaw. They count bugs, lines of code, function points, all metrics that aren't actual business value.
Pair programming vs code review, Nodejs vs Ruby, React vs Vue, Vim vs Atom, etc etc etc are all 100% emotional and subjective decisions. Therefore they are subject to fashion, being cool, and herd mentality.
Accepting this is an essential step on the path to become a well-rounded engineer.
Pair programming vs code review, Nodejs vs Ruby, React vs Vue, Vim vs Atom, etc etc etc are all 100% emotional and subjective decisions. Therefore they are subject to fashion, being cool, and herd mentality.
Accepting this is an essential step on the path to become a well-rounded engineer.