Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?
Alan J. Perlis
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.
Anonymous
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
It's difficult to extract sense from strings, but they're the only communication coin we can count on.
Alan J. Perlis
90% of everything is crap
Sturgeon's Revelation
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: the computer industry and the drug trade.
Edward Tufte
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky