Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler
Don't code today what you can't debug tomorrow
Anonymous
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
The future will be like the past, because in the past the future was like the past.
About estimations
My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features.
Anonymous
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
People who think, "Oh this is a one-off," need to be offed, or perhaps politely removed from the project.
George Neville-Neil
Rules for optimization: 1. Don't do it. 2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
Michael A Jackson
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous