“Build what you need as you need it, aggressively refactoring as you go along; don't spend a lot of time planning for grandiose, unknown future scenarios. Good software can evolve into what it will ultimately become.” — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
If you don't have people that care about usability on your project, your project is doomed. — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
“Don't be the guy telling everyone what to do. Be the guy asking all the questions.” — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
“Success is rarely determined by the quality of your ideas. But it is frequently determined by the quality of your execution.” — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
In software, we rarely have meaningful requirements. Even if we do, the only measure of success that matters is whether our solution solves the… — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
Writing code? That's the easy part. Getting your application in the hands of users, and creating applications that people actually want to use -… — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
“Build what you need as you need it, aggressively refactoring as you go along; don't spend a lot of time planning for grandiose, unknown… — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I… — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
“most developers don't test at all! They key in a few values at random and click a few buttons. If they don't get any unhandled… — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
We have to stop optimizing for programmers and start optimizing for users. — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
You can achieve a shallow local maximum with A/B testing - but you'll never win hearts and minds. — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
“When given a choice, choose the thing that scares you a little. If it's 100% safe, it is holding you back.” — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
“We should always be in pursuit of simplicity, in whatever form it takes.” — Jeff Atwood Copy Share Image
