Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.
Alan J. Perlis
A computer programmer is a device for turning coffee into bugs.
Bram Moolenaar
No one hates software more than software developers.
Jeff Atwood
If architects built houses the way programmers built programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
Gerald Weinberg
Every dark corner you haven't explored with your flashlight is full of bugs.
Kent Beck and Martin Fowler
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
Bill Bryson
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.
Anonymous