Quotes by Programming Ive enjoyed programming on NPR, but were broke and therefore all spending must be reduced. Jaime Herrera Beutler nprprogrammingbroke Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know. Jakob Nielsen programmingmeanway I just want things to work properly. James Dyson programmingwant An API that isn't comprehensible isn't usable. James Gosling software-engineeringcode-qualityprogramming In the particular is contained the universal. James Joyce programmingparticularlearning The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don't have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it's that way in parenting; it's that way in marriages. Jamie Lee Curtis programminguselessway Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. Jamie Zawinski programmingprogrammail We have to stop optimizing for programmers and start optimizing for users. Jeff Atwood software-engineeringprogrammingcomputer Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship though it can be, it's design. Joel Spolsky programmingdesignwriting Good software, like wine, takes time. Joel Spolsky programmingsoftwarewine Something is usable if it behaves exactly as expected. Joel Spolsky behaveprogrammingexpected We just have to come in every morning and somehow, launch the editor. Joel Spolsky programmingeditorsmorning If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better John Carmack something-betterprogrammingapproach There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out. John Maynard Keynes programmingfoundsometimes There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about. John von Neumann programmingknowstalking For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. Joseph M. Juran programmingstemcauses When in doubt, leave it out. Joshua Bloch when-in-doubtprogrammingdoubt You know, I've never accidentally drilled a hole in myself while programming. Karl Lehenbauer programmingholesknows You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. Ken Thompson codeprogrammingtrust If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. Ken Thompson programmingwantway«1234567891011»
