"We are rarely ever coding at the same time of day given time zone differences and sleeping patterns."
This is to aid pair programming. I work on a remote team as well, but there are times we pair when hashing out of a particular issue that either myself or one of my teammates is having. It's far quicker to do this than to work disconnected and go back and forth, esp. if it may impact the schedule/sprint. In the past I've worked with devs that had as much as a 10 hour time difference and we literally scheduled times where our schedules crossed so we could pair on a specific issue. One person drives at a time but it's common to switch back and forth so tools like this are helpful.
This is to aid pair programming. I work on a remote team as well, but there are times we pair when hashing out of a particular issue that either myself or one of my teammates is having. It's far quicker to do this than to work disconnected and go back and forth, esp. if it may impact the schedule/sprint. In the past I've worked with devs that had as much as a 10 hour time difference and we literally scheduled times where our schedules crossed so we could pair on a specific issue. One person drives at a time but it's common to switch back and forth so tools like this are helpful.