Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous
The real money isn't in the software. It's in the service you build with that software.
Jeff Atwood
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
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
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob