Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Deleted code is debugged code.
Jeff Sickel
An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader.
From Paul Graham's "On Lisp"
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.
Anonymous
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk.
Anonymous
"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