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Programming Quotes by Joel Spolsky
- A user interface is well-designed when the program behaves exactly how the user thought it would.
- Good software, like wine, takes time.
- Not having a schedule is OK if it's your PhD and you plan to spend 14 years on the thing, or if you're a programmer…
- Something is usable if it behaves exactly as expected.
- We just have to come in every morning and somehow, launch the editor.
- Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship though it can be, it's design.
- There's a subtle reason that programmers always want to throw away the code and start over. The reason is that they think the old code…
- Last week I was listening to a podcast on Hanselminutes, with Robert Martin talking about the SOLID principles … they all sounded to me like…
More Programming Quotes
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
- They know enough who know how to learn. — Henry Adams
- I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should… — Ray Bradbury
- Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share… — John Carmack
- Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming. — P.J. O'Rourke
- When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop. — Alan Perlis
- Whenever you feel upset, take full responsibility for the emotions that you are experiencing. Get to work as quickly as possible identifying… — Ken Keyes Jr.