Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C Clarke
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
Any fool can use a computer. Many do.
Ted Nelson
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec
If it works, leave it alone — there's no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there's no time to understand it.
Bill Pfeifer
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
God is a hacker, not an engineer. You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.
Francis Crick
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN