Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general -- and often we know it too quickly.
Alan J. Perlis
Better train people and risk they leave – than do nothing and risk they stay.
Anonymous
One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
Alan J. Perlis
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
If your bug has a one in a million chance of happening, it'll happen next tuesday.
Anonymous