Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
There is no IRL, only AFK
Anonymous
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley
Testing like the TSA.
David Heinemeier Hansson on testing too much
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken