Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
Lines of code are only worth counting, when time has come to delete them.
Anonymous
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
Code is never finished, only abandoned.
Anonymous
You can't communicate complexity, only an awareness of it.
Alan J. Perlis
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous