Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Alan J. Perlis
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
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Nathaniel Borenstein
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
Anonymous