Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Like a gas, software expands to fill its containing memory completely.
Anonymous
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
Edsger Dijkstra
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
Bill Gates
It compiles. Ship it!
Anonymous