Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
The more bizarre the behavior, the more stupid the mistake.
Ed's Law of Debugging
All problems in computer science can be solved with another level of indirection.
David Wheeler
I went to school to learn how to program software applications, which inevitably have bug defects. There was no course at my university on testing, debugging, profiling, or optimization. These things you have to learn on your own, usually in a tight deadline.
Juixe TechKnow
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
The Floppy Disk Icon means "save" for a whole generation of people who have never seen one.
Scott Hanselman