Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
I’ve finally learned what ‘upward compatible’ means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes.
Dennie van Tassel
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
Java is a DSL to transform big Xml documents into long exception stack traces.
Scott Bellware
Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.
Anonymous
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.
Richard Pattis
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
Alan J. Perlis