Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Startups almost never get it right the first time. Much more commonly you launch something, and no one cares. Don’t assume when this happens that you’ve failed. That’s normal for startups. But don’t sit around doing nothing. Iterate.
Paul Graham
I'll try to be nicer if you try to be smarter.
Assaf Nitzan
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.
Janet Reno
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
Pablo Picasso
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
One can only display complex information in the mind. Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
Alan J. Perlis