Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Fight code entropy.
John Carmack
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be.
Alan J. Perlis
Let the code run free, if it needs to be debugged, it will come back.
Anonymous
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
Eric Raymond
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy
If you use copy and paste while you're coding, you're probably committing a design error.
David Parnas