Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The more bizarre the behavior, the more stupid the mistake.
Ed's Law of Debugging
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
Lines of code are only worth counting, when time has come to delete them.
Anonymous
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
Edsger Dijkstra
j++; // increment j
Anonymous
Java is a DSL to transform big Xml documents into long exception stack traces.
Scott Bellware