Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
Agile Manifesto
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
Never underestimate the disparity between developer excitement and user apathy.
Anonymous
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
Alan J. Perlis
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Alan J. Perlis
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis