Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
It is not the computer's fault that Maxwell's equations are not adequate to design the electric motor.
Alan J. Perlis
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
You can't communicate complexity, only an awareness of it.
Alan J. Perlis
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky