Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Easy things should be easy and hard things should be possible.
Larry Wall
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne
I know it doesn't sound like a big effort, but programmers are really, really lazy, and they like to minimize motion. They'd use feeder tubes if the Health Department would let them.
Steve Yegge
You want a dot operator in PHP?
Matthew Leffler
eval(str_replace('.', '->', $code_with_dot_operator))
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
Anonymous
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law