Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas Adams
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
Robert Sewell
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra