Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Code is never finished, only abandoned.
Anonymous
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
Alan J. Perlis
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous