Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use floating point arithmetic." Now they have 1.999999999997 problems.
Tom Scott
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
The Floppy Disk Icon means "save" for a whole generation of people who have never seen one.
Scott Hanselman
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones.
Jason Hiner IT Dirty Secrets
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy
* No technique works if it isn't used.
Niven's laws
* Ethics change with technology.
* "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
It compiles. Ship it!
Anonymous