Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
If you use copy and paste while you're coding, you're probably committing a design error.
David Parnas
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
Systems have sub-systems and sub-systems have sub- systems and so on ad infinitum - which is why we're always starting over.
Alan J. Perlis
Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
Alan J. Perlis
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written, and another for which it wasn't.
Alan J. Perlis
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features.
Anonymous