Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Code is never finished, only abandoned.
Anonymous
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs to fix.
Anonymous
As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.
Dave Parnas
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous