Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I (...) am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.
Douglas Adams
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: the computer industry and the drug trade.
Edward Tufte
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer
I get as much enjoyment from trashing code as I do from scratching it out in the first place!
Anonymous
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler
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
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More