Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
Anonymous
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
Alan J. Perlis
Good enough is neither.
Jim Spivey
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
Manually managing blocks of memory in C is like juggling bars of soap in a prison shower: It's all fun and games until you forget about one of them.
Anonymous
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
You might as well pay your customers 50K because they are just your QA.
Juixe TechKnow
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous