Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.
John Carmack
Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.
Anonymous
Yes, sometimes Perl looks like line noise to the uninitiated, but to the seasoned Perl programmer, it looks like checksummed line noise with a mission in life.
Randal Schwartz
I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
C trades a slap on the wrist at compile time for a knife in the back at run time.
Anonymous
A documented bug is not a bug; it is a feature.
James P. MacLennan
The goal is to deliver clean code that works - now.
Kent Beck
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White