Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Three things should never be seen in the process of being created: laws, sausage, and software.
Anonymous
An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader.
From Paul Graham's "On Lisp"
One can only display complex information in the mind. Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
Alan J. Perlis
You start writing code, I'll go see what the customer wants
Anonymous
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
Alan J. Perlis
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
On the 7th day ... God began debugging.
Anonymous
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous