Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
It is not the computer's fault that Maxwell's equations are not adequate to design the electric motor.
Alan J. Perlis
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
Team debugging: the act of intimidating a PC into doing for two people what it refuses to do for one.
Anonymous
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
...basically, avoid comments. If your code needs a comment to be understood, it would be better to rewrite it so it's easier to understand.
Rob Pike