Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Startups almost never get it right the first time. Much more commonly you launch something, and no one cares. Don’t assume when this happens that you’ve failed. That’s normal for startups. But don’t sit around doing nothing. Iterate.
Paul Graham
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.
Alan J. Perlis
For systems, the analogue of a face-lift is to add to the control graph an edge that creates a cycle, not just an additional node.
Alan J. Perlis
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.
Douglas Crocford
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce