Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
Bill Gates
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Clark's law
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
Programmers usually have good reasons for making bad decisions.
Anonymous
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray