Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
C++ is to C as Lung Cancer is to Lung.
Anonymous
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones.
Jason Hiner IT Dirty Secrets
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C Clarke
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis