Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.
Douglas Crockford
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
Three things should never be seen in the process of being created: laws, sausage, and software.
Anonymous
I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.
David Parnas
Testing like the TSA.
David Heinemeier Hansson on testing too much
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis