Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
Java is a DSL to transform big Xml documents into long exception stack traces.
Scott Bellware
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
The Internet? Is that thing still around?
Homer Simpson
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis