Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.
Richard Pattis
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
C.A.R. Hoare.
Never trust a programmer in a suit.
Anonymous
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous
The word “experienced” often refers to someone who’s gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
Laurence Gonzales
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
Pablo Picasso