Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.
David Parnas
How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity —in short: what mathematicians call "elegance"— are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
Edsger W. Dijkstra
If you've seen one picture of the Mandelbrot Set, you've seen them all.
Bill Karwin