Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I will not be a lemming and follow the crowd over the cliff and into the C.
John Beidler
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
To most Java developers, Ruby/Rails is like a mistress. Ruby/Rails is young, new, and exciting; but eventually we go back to old faithful, dependable, and employable Java with some new tricks and idioms and we are the better programmer for it.
Juixe TechKnow
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry