Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.
Paul M. Duvall
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
C trades a slap on the wrist at compile time for a knife in the back at run time.
Anonymous
The future will be like the past, because in the past the future was like the past.
About estimations
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can't.
Alan J. Perlis
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
"It depends" is the answer to all good software engineering questions, but to be a good software engineer, you should know on what it depends, and why.
Anonymous
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden, basketball coach