Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.
Alan J. Perlis
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
A good system can't have a weak command language.
Alan J. Perlis
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
if you are a programmer working in 2003 and you don't know the basics of characters, character sets, encodings, and Unicode, and I catch you, I'm going to punish you by making you peel onions for 6 months in a submarine.
Joel Spolsky
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
Michael Sinz
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
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.
Paul M. Duvall