Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
The time machine's software will have a recursive main method.
Anonymous
Whatever code we hack, be it programming language, poetic language, math or music, curves or colourings, we create the possibility of new things entering the world. Not always great things, or even good things, but new things.
McKenzie Wark in "A hacker Manifesto":02
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton