Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
Edward V Berard
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
Good enough is neither.
Jim Spivey
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
This is important, and a little hard to understand. English is useful because it's a mess. Since English is a mess, it maps well onto the problem space, which is also a mess, which we call reality. Similarly, Perl was designed to be a mess (though in the nicest of possible ways).
Larry Wall