Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Isaac Asimov
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood
...basically, avoid comments. If your code needs a comment to be understood, it would be better to rewrite it so it's easier to understand.
Rob Pike
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis