Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
The difference between something that can go wrong and something that can’t possibly go wrong is that when something that can’t possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams
Easy things should be easy and hard things should be possible.
Larry Wall
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.
Good enough is neither.
Jim Spivey
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler