Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.
David Parnas
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
If you can build it, your users can break it.
Anonymous
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent van Gogh
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero