Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
Blame doesn't fix bugs.
Anonymous
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
All programming is an exercise in caching.
Terje Mathisen
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
There's a fine line between being on the leading edge and being in the lunatic fringe.
Frank Armstrong
You can't communicate complexity, only an awareness of it.
Alan J. Perlis
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming
Code is everything I thought poetry was, back when we were in school. Clean, expressive, urgent, all-encompassing. Fourteen lines can open up to fill the available universe.
Richard Powers