Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A documented bug is not a bug; it is a feature.
James P. MacLennan
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
C.A.R. Hoare.
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
Making something variable is easy. Controlling duration of constancy is the trick.
Alan J. Perlis
As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.
Dave Parnas
C trades a slap on the wrist at compile time for a knife in the back at run time.
Anonymous
There's a fine line between being on the leading edge and being in the lunatic fringe.
Frank Armstrong
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto