Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones.
Jason Hiner IT Dirty Secrets
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous