Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous
My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features.
Anonymous
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
Phil Karlton
Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
Rules for optimization:
Michael A Jackson
1. Don't do it.
2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
if you are a programmer working in 2003 and you don't know the basics of characters, character sets, encodings, and Unicode, and I catch you, I'm going to punish you by making you peel onions for 6 months in a submarine.
Joel Spolsky