Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable.
Ralph Johnson
The function name should define everything the function does.
Anonymous
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
Alan J. Perlis
The real money isn't in the software. It's in the service you build with that software.
Jeff Atwood
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
Like wine, the mastery of programming matures with time. But, unlike wine, it gets sweeter in the process.
Lawrence Mucheka
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
Java is a DSL to transform big Xml documents into long exception stack traces.
Scott Bellware
Programmers usually have good reasons for making bad decisions.
Anonymous