In programming, it’s often the buts in the specification that kill you. — Boris Beizer Copy Share Image
My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated. — Wietse Venema Copy Share Image
The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies. — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life. — Marcel Theroux Copy Share Image
You shouldn't be learning how to code when you're middle-aged. You should be learning how to code when you're a kid. — Debbie Millman Copy Share Image
Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship though it can be, it's design. — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
Microsoft develops a lot of software that allows people to realize their potential. — Arfa Karim Copy Share Image
For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing… — Joni Mitchell 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
I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
“Testing may convincingly demonstrate the presence of bugs, but can never demonstrate their absence."- Edsger W. Dijkstra, Computing Pioneer (1930–2002), "Programming as… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Hackers, makers, programmers, engineers, nerds, techies — what we’ll call “geeks” for the rest of the book (deal with it) — we’re… — Jeff Potter Copy Share Image
“Did you win your sword fight?" "Of course I won the fucking sword fight," Hiro says. "I'm the greatest sword fighter in… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
Any reductionist program has to be based on an analysis of what is to be reduced. If the analysis leaves something out,… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
Among video game developers, it's called 'crunch': a sudden spike in work hours, as many as 20 a day, that can last… — Jason Schreier Copy Share Image
Another effective [debugging] technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to… — Brian Kernighan Copy Share Image
I think the downloadable scene in general is really, really interesting for developers because it's low-risk. It doesn't require as much money… — Kim Swift Copy Share Image
“Let’s not trust those who write in small letters, using cabalistic figures or enigmatic codes, as it frequently comes down to a… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These… — John C. Lilly Copy Share Image
It seems evident that the more profound, helpful, and meaningful way to protect people is to dismantle the morality code, and grant… — Terre Thaemlitz Copy Share Image
“In programs, there are conditions, which the programmer must follow. Otherwise, the code won’t run. Throwing dead animals is a condition. Some… — Misba Copy Share Image
The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a safe code… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The brain sure as hell doesn't work by somebody programming in rules. — Geoffrey Hinton Copy Share Image
One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image