Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
Vi is a subset of evil.
Anonymous
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
One who works with their hands is a laborer.
Anonymous
One who works with their hands and their mind is a craftsman.
One who works with their hands, mind and heart is an artist.
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger Dijkstra
Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.
Douglas Crockford
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup