Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
Niklaus Wirth
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English.
Anonymous
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis