Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.
Alan J. Perlis
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
Sure, it's overkill. But you can never have too much overkill...
Anonymous
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky
It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.
Albert Einstein
Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.
Alan Kay
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis