Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
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
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
Deleted code is debugged code.
Jeff Sickel
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
E.F. Schumacher
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
C is to programming as Latin is to literature.
Anonymous