Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Amateur programmers think there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte; Real Programmers know there are 1024 meters in a kilometer.
Anonymous
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy
Every language has an optimization operator. In C++ that operator is ‘//’
Anonymous
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to a system.
Fernando J. Corbató
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
Bill Bryson
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
Albert Einstein
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous