Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else.
Eagleson's Law
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Steve Taylor
Programmers usually have good reasons for making bad decisions.
Anonymous
A startup now can be just a pair of 22 year old guys. A company like that can move much more easily than one with 10 people, half of whom have kids.
Paul Graham
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
R. Buckminster Fuller
I will not be a lemming and follow the crowd over the cliff and into the C.
John Beidler
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly