Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.
Anonymous
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
Rules for optimization:
Michael A Jackson
1. Don't do it.
2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous