Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Testing like the TSA.
David Heinemeier Hansson on testing too much
90% of everything is crap
Sturgeon's Revelation
One programmer can do in one day what two programmers can do in two.
Anonymous
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis
Code is everything I thought poetry was, back when we were in school. Clean, expressive, urgent, all-encompassing. Fourteen lines can open up to fill the available universe.
Richard Powers
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth