Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
If it doesn't work, change the documentation.
Anonymous
With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster - Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
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