Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
Alan J. Perlis
Think of it this way: threads are like salt, not like pasta. You like salt, I like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta.
Larry McVoy
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall