Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
Robert Sewell
People who think, "Oh this is a one-off," need to be offed, or perhaps politely removed from the project.
George Neville-Neil
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . . Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Tom DeMarco
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.
Alan J. Perlis
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
Alan J. Perlis
Singleton is a misconcept in OOP unless it's used as a misconcepted paradigm for application development.
Anonymous
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous