Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
...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
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
Anonymous
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It's the same as that between Hillary's ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton hotel on its peak.
Alan J. Perlis
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"
Software isn't about methodologies, languages, or even operating systems. It is about working applications.
Christopher Baus
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
Good web applications should look like trifle.
Cal Henderson
With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster - Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks