Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good programmers learn more from "That's not what I expected!" than from getting it right the first time.
Anonymous
Just don't create a file called -rf.
Larry Wall
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.
Anonymous
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
Brian Kernighan
Good web applications should look like trifle.
Cal Henderson
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
From SICP
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce