Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Professionalism has no place in art, and hacking is art. Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.
Jamie Zawinski
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
Jamie Zawinski
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan J. Perlis
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout