Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.
Tao Of Programming
The more bizarre the behavior, the more stupid the mistake.
Ed's Law of Debugging
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
For systems, the analogue of a face-lift is to add to the control graph an edge that creates a cycle, not just an additional node.
Alan J. Perlis
Designing software in a team is like writing poetry in a committee meeting.
Joel Spolsky
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
Anonymous
Three things should never be seen in the process of being created: laws, sausage, and software.
Anonymous
Don’t fix bugs later; fix them now.
Steve Maguire
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis