Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought.
Maurice Wilkes
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction: One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who can read binary, and those who can't.
Anonymous
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
Agile Manifesto
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs / minute
Thom Holwerda
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr