“one thing that separates good programmers from bad programmers is that good programmers are more facile at jumping between layers of abstraction—they can keep the layers distinct while making changes and choose the right layer to make changes in.” — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“Ironically, as a result of his move to the country, Cosell- one of the fathers of the Internet-now has only dial-up access from his… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“Things have gotten faster but the software has gotten slower and buggier in the meantime.” — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“Fitzpatrick: Back when I was doing Perl-even for people that knew Perl really well-I would recommend MJD's Higher-Order Per!. The book is really fun… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“so we'll focus on the Windows side of things and then we'll port it later.” Which is what many other failed companies have done.… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“one thing that separates good programmers from bad programmers is that good programmers are more facile at jumping between layers of abstraction—they can keep… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“And he was like, “No, no, I really think we ought to do that.” And I was like, “We don't have time!” So he… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“Zawinski: Sometimes. I end up doing all the sysadmin crap, which I can't stand-I've never liked it. I enjoy working on XScreenSaver because in… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“Moore's law doesn't apply to batteries. So how much time we're wasting in interpreting stuff really matters there. The cycles count.” — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“When they realize, “Oh, my program's getting gigantic,” what are they going to do? They're not going to know where to start. That's my… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“I always wish people would comment more, though the thing that makes me cringe is when the comment is the name of the function… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“The experience of writing something in Java and then trying to figure out—I myself have trouble installing Java on my computer—it's horrible.” — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“nobody seemed to think programming is a solved problem: most are still looking for a better way to write software, whether by finding ways… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
“He came in and took a piss in my hotel bathroom without even closing the door as I'm standing right there. I'm like, "Alright.… — Peter Seibel Copy Share Image
