Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Rich Cook
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
You think you know when you can learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
Alan J. Perlis