Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Change breaks the brittle.
Jan Houtema
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
A logician trying to explain logic to a programmer is like a cat trying to explain to a fish what it's like to get wet.
Anonymous
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
The real money isn't in the software. It's in the service you build with that software.
Jeff Atwood
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
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