Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Don’t fix bugs later; fix them now.
Steve Maguire
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs / minute
Thom Holwerda
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
Nathaniel S Borenstein
To most Java developers, Ruby/Rails is like a mistress. Ruby/Rails is young, new, and exciting; but eventually we go back to old faithful, dependable, and employable Java with some new tricks and idioms and we are the better programmer for it.
Juixe TechKnow
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall