Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
Make it correct,
Wes Dyer
make it clear,
make it concise,
make it fast.
In that order.
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
Michael Sinz
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White