Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else.
Eagleson's Law
Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.
Alan J. Perlis
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
I’ve finally learned what ‘upward compatible’ means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes.
Dennie van Tassel
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to a system.
Fernando J. Corbató
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
Agile Manifesto
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming