Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
Nathaniel S Borenstein
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!
Fred Brooks
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
Manually managing blocks of memory in C is like juggling bars of soap in a prison shower: It's all fun and games until you forget about one of them.
Anonymous
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
There is no IRL, only AFK
Anonymous
It compiles. Ship it!
Anonymous