Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
Blame doesn't fix bugs.
Anonymous
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.
Anonymous
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs / minute
Thom Holwerda
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