Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite. The danger occurs when the debt is not repaid. Every minute spent on not-quite-right code… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
A wiki works best where you're trying to answer a question that you can't easily pose, where there's not a natural structure that's known… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
There's been an awful lot of discussion about what is or isn't simple, and people have gotten a pretty sophisticated notion of simplicity, but… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
Global collaboration is something that Wiki mastered in a small way and here we can master it in a big way. — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
Over and over, people try to design systems that make tomorrow's work easy. But when tomorrow comes it turns out they didn't quite understand… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
Why have a locked wiki when you can instead just post static Web pages? — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn't generally pass through meeting expectations. — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
When you get in situations where you cannot afford to make a mistake, it's very hard to do the right thing. So if you're… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
When I was at Tek, I was frustrated that computer hardware was being improved faster than computer software. I wanted to invent some software… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
