Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
Blame doesn't fix bugs.
Anonymous
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces, so all you can do is pile them up endlessly.
Steve Yegge