Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.
Verity Stob
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Clark's law
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
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"