Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
If it doesn't have to work, we can do it real quick.
Watts Humphrey
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Isaac Asimov
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
Edsger Dijkstra
In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.
Paul M. Duvall
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.
Janet Reno
Good web applications should look like trifle.
Cal Henderson