Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth
Test driven development is like eating watermelon. Slice it up and work in sections at a time; eat all the red until all you have left is green.
Terry L Thompson
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Anonymous
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
A startup now can be just a pair of 22 year old guys. A company like that can move much more easily than one with 10 people, half of whom have kids.
Paul Graham
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
Anonymous