Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
Every dark corner you haven't explored with your flashlight is full of bugs.
Kent Beck and Martin Fowler
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors.
Waldi Ravens
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to see it as a soap bubble?
Alan J. Perlis
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
The word “experienced” often refers to someone who’s gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
Laurence Gonzales