Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs to fix.
Anonymous
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
Sure, it's overkill. But you can never have too much overkill...
Anonymous
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Anonymous
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton