Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.
John Carmack
The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.
John Carmack on software patents
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
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous
The goal is to deliver clean code that works - now.
Kent Beck
Every dark corner you haven't explored with your flashlight is full of bugs.
Kent Beck and Martin Fowler
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive down below.
John Dryden
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale