Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written, and another for which it wasn't.
Alan J. Perlis
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
Alan J. Perlis
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Murphy's Law
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore
What I cannot build, I do not understand.
Richard Feynman