Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous
Ever spend a little time reading comp.lang.c++ ? That's really the best place to learn about the number of C++ users looking for a better language.
R. William Beckwith
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr