Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
Steve McConnell
A startup now can be just a pair of 22 year old guys. A company like that can move much more easily than one with 10 people, half of whom have kids.
Paul Graham
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne
Every dark corner you haven't explored with your flashlight is full of bugs.
Kent Beck and Martin Fowler
Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's fantastic. When it's bad, it's still better than nothing.
Anonymous
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Martin Fowler
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous