Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse) — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer. — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
The act of focusing our mightiest intellectual resources on the elusive goal of goto-less programs has helped us get our minds off… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Elegance? It may seem odd to non-scientists, but there is an aesthetic in software as there is in every other area of… — John Naughton Copy Share Image
It's not that Perl programmers are idiots, it's that the language rewards idiotic behavior in a way that no other language or… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
“C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole… — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Here's the secret that every successful software company is based on: You can domesticate programmers the way beekeepers tame bees. You can't… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Are you quite sure that all those bells and whistles, all those wonderful facilities of your so called powerful programming languages, belong… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Python is an experiment in how much freedom programmers need. Too much freedom and nobody can read another's code; too little and… — Guido van Rossum Copy Share Image
The belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety,… — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
With software products, it is usual to find that the software has major `bugs' and does not work reliably for some users...… — David Parnas Copy Share Image
You can effect a change of robbers every four years. Inestimable privilege - to pull off the glutted leech and attach the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
It is a real service to humanity and the world to be a good programmer, particularly if you design great products. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The best programmers and internet entrepreneurs are in the Bay Area. Don't kid yourself about that, not even for a second. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
[Sundance] still feels significant. I don't think you can help but come here and not feel that sense of history and its… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
We have to stop optimizing for programmers and start optimizing for users. — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
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