Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.
Anonymous
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein
No code is faster than no code.
Anonymous
Get into a rut early: Do the same process the same way. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference(!) between Shakespeare and you was the size of his idiom list - not the size of his vocabulary.
Alan J. Perlis
People who think, "Oh this is a one-off," need to be offed, or perhaps politely removed from the project.
George Neville-Neil
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Anonymous