Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to see it as a soap bubble?
Alan J. Perlis
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
Don’t fix bugs later; fix them now.
Steve Maguire
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
No one hates software more than software developers.
Jeff Atwood
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous
One can only display complex information in the mind. Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
Alan J. Perlis
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis