Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes it look like the language was made for the problem. — 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
What is simplicity? Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution. — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists. — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no. — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
