Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general -- and often we know it too quickly.
Alan J. Perlis
An idiot with a computer is a faster, better idiot.
Rich Julius
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.
Chris Sacca
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
God did not create the world in seven days; for six days he screwed around and then pulled an all-nighter.
Anonymous
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