Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers.
Alan J. Perlis
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
Alan J. Perlis
If your bug has a one in a million chance of happening, it'll happen next tuesday.
Anonymous
Good programmers learn more from "That's not what I expected!" than from getting it right the first time.
Anonymous
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold