Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The C Programming Language — A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.
Anonymous
The difference between something that can go wrong and something that can’t possibly go wrong is that when something that can’t possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Alan J. Perlis
If it doesn't work, change the documentation.
Anonymous
Don't code today what you can't debug tomorrow
Anonymous
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
The goal is to deliver clean code that works - now.
Kent Beck
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan