Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec
The proof of a system's value is its existence.
Alan J. Perlis
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . . Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Tom DeMarco
Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces, so all you can do is pile them up endlessly.
Steve Yegge
Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
Dave Barry
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein