Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Deleted code is debugged code.
Jeff Sickel
Think twice before you start programming or you will program twice before you start thinking.
Anonymous
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
Jamie Zawinski
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
Anonymous
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis