2026-05-08T00:45:48Z https://yabu.me Programming Quotes https://yabu.me/npub102xc0gducxjfvza05wxpmrt4rw3yas8rj5e902qvmwmjn0spf4uqwlfh36 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/129/809/597/778/104/original/7b0181ba74893cd6.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/129/809/597/778/104/original/7b0181ba74893cd6.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspgqtzlqnzsnnat00ggf68cx2x8yrmtpdj58m7jmxaxn9pe4fkvnczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsglx2hr Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.<br/><br/> — Martin Fowler<br/><br/>#complexity 2025-08-17T00:03:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0ts4wg0j3ryhx4w0qaeq7xvqf0gezr0vx84ku8awausuly9vw6szypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhszaggkz Once you&#39;ve dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.<br/><br/> — Coco Chanel 2025-08-08T12:03:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyx2s6ymvdftjhvsf6yva5ljyry34ejlk9epj3jdl5ycxpu6a2vhgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsxa3vsh A fool with a tool is a more dangerous fool.<br/><br/> — u 2025-08-03T12:03:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8u5ct4c64eskrknrrqarw2f2c0aq0m7zyug8effc7k7sgf0xxp2gzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs94vfu4 To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.<br/><br/> — Grace Hopper<br/><br/>#programming 2025-07-28T12:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4mwejnx82f4j8g7acys59yzy4qeax3cdktk9wrtraz6rvccvncszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsgkt0cj Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it&#39;s easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it&#39;s hard to fix.<br/><br/> — Rob Pike 2025-07-27T00:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3tahtq7n3fz0fv98svq0kfksnl8nrrcfj7cl86zu7gsrxum55eqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs0fuvnp XML is like violence. Sure, it seems like a quick and easy solution at first, but then it spirals out of control into utter chaos.<br/><br/> — Sarkos 2025-07-24T12:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgr5hql60kwzk3l337ympwnevyqaaszrvaucgggm9xqxtd4ptxmyqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsjvg3ch Rarely is anyone thanked for the work they did to prevent the disaster that didn&#39;t happen.<br/><br/> — Mikko Hypponen<br/><br/>#quality #security 2025-07-20T12:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrjjxusnfuqpva3uydkwdzfjhv4m20j06egw7fxf8utkq24sg6eegzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs73zmnc i&#39;ve wondered whether Linux sysfs should be called syphilis<br/><br/> — forsyth 2025-07-20T00:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyccqy4x4enscs8dzs37ggemylsqgt9lcnzzj7sh8yegfws6wxf7qzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhskmzezn (...) Thinking this way will teach you two things about computers: One, there&#39;s no magic, no matter how much it looks like there is. There&#39;s just work to make things look like magic. And two, it&#39;s crazy in there.<br/><br/> — Paul Ford<br/><br/>#computers 2025-07-17T12:03:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqnj5gfcvsxdymq2zlgaftlu3jdgppru03gu5mf3v3a50nk0ya7rszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs4zugag Rarely is anyone thanked for the work they did to prevent the disaster that didn&#39;t happen.<br/><br/> — Mikko Hypponen<br/><br/>#quality #security 2025-07-15T12:03:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnf8y428wldvfpyj6pvfmtp0c00hprd80a2vk2c0xdhrp82fke9gzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsh4nr30 You&#39;re bound to be unhappy if you optimize everything.<br/><br/> — Donald Knuth 2025-07-08T00:03:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22kz3t3v5tj06rz02j3630lz3928ccr970munxmt9jte409l89yszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhseus9su In programming the hard part isn&#39;t solving problems, but deciding what problems to solve.<br/><br/> — Paul Graham 2025-07-05T12:03:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6uthyvjppwev5x0sjny86arugea7fmmwr8pswjzaly8ndavrx7gzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsum6kt6 First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.<br/><br/> — John Johnson 2025-07-04T12:03:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd5xwpguzpn4a2l5pe06rr24qjuspacd5yv6jzz38vh2gy9f93klqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhshpcjgv Why do we never have time to do it right, but always have time to do it over?<br/><br/> — anonymous<br/><br/>#softwares 2025-07-04T00:03:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0s4clrsxa9fazfv7uvklhv265tdypqxce9q6ejgtq6ru5cpswcqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsdjyadq A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.<br/><br/> — Robert A. Heinlein<br/><br/>#programmers #specialization 2025-06-09T12:03:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29te9nuymsqjhx4twjssdcq5wq5dckvq96d6qv6eestcgkp0prvczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs9lqkal Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer.<br/><br/> — Fred Brooks 2025-06-06T12:03:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ct4zda47akt9rupefrre9c8t92y5lddr7dcs0e0unfz9v8gegwczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsatnxk6 These days, the problem isn&#39;t how to innovate; it&#39;s how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.<br/><br/> — Douglas Engelbart<br/><br/>#ideas #innovation 2025-05-24T00:03:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswfvzxts8dldyunz8lnldpp0ll908d3p3v48s5u3sx9fcp4ucwzfczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhstv6dkw Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. 2025-05-05T12:03:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8swjk39qth7plgephfcj35gp0h6gn52xtf5s27usr4s6mg240zgszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhshsrxvw Good programming is 99% sweat and 1% coffee.<br/><br/> — anonymous<br/><br/>#programming 2025-05-02T12:03:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7all4pkgay2v8ew2mfrwvdqalv3d6px56jngz7c6erp06xyl4tszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs539pw8 Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.<br/><br/> — Brian Kernighan 2025-04-29T12:03:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0wtxzctegwzcz3a22z8gf5hqd5r44takcu78y0kkyj6f467fnyqgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs47w2jq Any program that tries to be so generalized and configurable that it could handle any kind of task will either fall short of this goal, or will be horribly broken.<br/><br/> — Chris Wenham 2025-04-17T12:03:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg64se69azmr9229udjsht07vkpg4cgllh2hgxcq5p5munrk2ek9szypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsrl29wz The problem with object-oriented languages is they&#39;ve got all this implicit environment that they carry around with them. You wanted a banana but what you got was a gorilla holding the banana and the entire jungle.<br/><br/> — Joe Armstrong, Jason Gorman<br/><br/>#oop 2025-03-24T12:03:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8sxnjeklpn7fzam2vvvn22tx3d9u4ph7ku7ea5e0qc9celchel7szypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsrwlce3 We&#39;re programmers. Programmers are, in their hearts, architects, and the first thing they want to do when they get to a site is to bulldoze the place flat and build something grand. We&#39;re not excited by incremental renovation: tinkering, improving, planting flower beds.<br/><br/> — Joel Spolsky<br/><br/>#programmers 2025-03-21T12:03:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfyztykl3xyfmca7n39s7vexck5nmjhqg26rmagku8jc74smqnrsczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs9s4e24 Any program that tries to be so generalized and configurable that it could handle any kind of task will either fall short of this goal, or will be horribly broken.<br/><br/> — Chris Wenham 2025-03-15T12:03:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsprhx9303r7zkncqrdz6xh5p5q65w8q9f7avmtsqevssu9mawwzcszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs9vkysz Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don&#39;t need to be done.<br/><br/> — Andy Rooney 2025-03-11T00:03:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdd0m2amcvgf7kekhuem5h7yq5lapsvghqeqv8usequaqct2xc8lgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsr7tf26 Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don&#39;t need to be done.<br/><br/> — Andy Rooney 2025-02-22T12:03:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvct68mtuezef6wfndd3v6fnl0pv7uhkzx8ws9n0t6w3eqg79edngzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsp5vh92 No code is faster than no code.<br/><br/> — merb motto 2025-02-15T12:03:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkagmafjypcczzdmllt2hkdplsdj9srcm9gxh7kqanystqry952qzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs5mrnh8 Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.<br/><br/> — Antoine de Saint Exupry<br/><br/>#complexity 2025-02-14T12:03:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgg2gpqlm2nyq0kf5dfavzn66qqkcke4d092lhehpmpzacyu5gu5gzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhstqcfwq When in doubt, use brute force.<br/><br/> — Ken Thompson<br/><br/>#programming 2025-01-25T12:05:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq0rrulh802s2ael5q68uat3mrzq54dkxqxhht3n4ulx52clawq8czypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsf0y5p3 Well-designed components are easy to replace. Eventually, they will be replaced by ones that are not so easy to replace.<br/><br/> — Sustrik&#39;s Law<br/><br/>#complexity 2025-01-11T12:03:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsruv53yvlqpgq2tah6dlnmawz25xf6px669pe8cf5044knx5qtkmczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs74pdnd The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity, of mastering multitude and avoiding its bastard chaos as effectively as possible.<br/><br/> — E. W. Dijkstra<br/><br/>#complexity 2025-01-08T12:03:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqm29cr6tapgrd96czsrnn3frf992ayv3mdq9amtcj7h8rvz6gd5gzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsz6xsu0 The key to making programs fast is to make them do practically nothing.<br/><br/> — Mike Haertel<br/><br/>#complexity 2025-01-07T00:03:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq0cyag82hpcpepf3jnyfqky3s7a48dzsxa87n5rq5aqgatte378szypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsvha74l If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.<br/><br/> — Robert Sewell<br/><br/>#java #languages 2025-01-05T00:03:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd696l3mk36g7e2akd4czh0hmmqsxudy6yq37d3vlregya63atsvgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsc4c447 First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.<br/><br/> — John Johnson 2024-12-29T12:03:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80gqq8uyt7e03spger5v049h4xdwxew698h7qexgawq8u3hcledgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhskxseld I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data structures more important. Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.<br/><br/> — Linus Torvalds 2024-12-14T12:03:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsysrmwxwykq6g2dzz3q3nxwth9aqy9726jgdjuuularwhw0vqywrgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhswrt6ct The number one skill required for learning any complex system is patience.<br/><br/> — Kelsey Hightower<br/><br/>#complexity 2024-12-12T12:03:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv8mfr8n62cp5q3ujmh8jmu4yrscd2f8ep32h37y8q94ue9j5vjgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs4swt0l Forward thinking was just the thing that made Multics what it is today.<br/><br/> — Erik Quanstrom 2024-12-06T12:03:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq6gpx3hzxj6yvpsv7xnkdajdgumnj4uswveq6fvu76gx8lsf280szypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs3rhlzp If the designers of X Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed the same principles but you&#39;d be able to shift gears with your car stereo. Useful feature that.<br/><br/> — Marcus J. Ranum 2024-11-29T12:03:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswecs9qhp0gt0vc9p4t0zku38p8js3sg376t2cev5astgesgrajsgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsqrmhfc Telling a programmer there&#39;s already a library to do X is like telling a songwriter there&#39;s already a song about love.<br/><br/> — Pete Cordell<br/><br/>#reusing 2024-11-24T12:03:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fwcdu3xv2e5ec3ngqds5evyhj20vnu5kgn8wqup8j9wtk8nzw0qzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs4g5cx4 One of the big lessons of a big project is you don&#39;t want people that aren&#39;t really programmers programming, you&#39;ll suffer for it!<br/><br/> — John Carmack 2024-11-23T12:03:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdayyrtl2m3fjhzal996m7lf5hc89rjrr9r9a8ftjprv8jtl7k0kszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhshs4zjl A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work.<br/><br/> — John Gall 2024-11-03T12:03:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyy4g0xn7nk4ytt9yj34drcy074wh9lz23mhqax2sxt303uz8swjszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsa65psy When you don&#39;t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow &amp; exclude people. So create.<br/><br/> — Why The Lucky Stiff<br/><br/>#creativity 2024-10-28T00:03:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr85980w6e34unwn96zlvhrdp7elw5rxf9njwsgdndexnf2p3ykrqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsnrlm20 Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.<br/><br/> — George Santayana 2024-10-13T12:03:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsww2hh676tn8jqakq8rfwuycuqldfdw49j0fwlvt9vdrsma2cgchgzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsjwzcnp Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.<br/><br/> — Alan Kay 2024-10-12T00:03:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypa4ny0qtcpr9mxz7vv6s9m925uyrp2k0kj4cl34vjmu54kzharszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsjm744g The code you write makes you a programmer. The code you delete makes you a good one. The code you don&#39;t have to write makes you a great one.<br/><br/> — Mario Fusco<br/><br/>#complexity #productivity #programmers 2024-09-24T12:03:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspe9rt9h7fxy20nqc7rujwccd6pt8pkflw0wllh753gyuc65jucgqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsmjlj5m XML is like violence: if it doesn&#39;t solve your problem, you aren&#39;t using enough of it. 2024-09-16T00:03:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0c4642nnaezdg96vzay5qm47dnlqavk0f2w3pmu84m5nwlzgy6zszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsvk55mp There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.<br/><br/> — Bjarne Stroustrup<br/><br/>#languages 2024-09-15T12:03:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6k67nw5p92wtugre4y4xyae09gpek0xpcw922xuaakpmqjjmhcqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhsshzl28 Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.<br/><br/> — Brian Kernighan 2024-08-25T12:03:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkskcnyfcgz6wkw9e2gp423whlgevghtxtl4m93ge9hrtr2krcxqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs6thg4p Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.<br/><br/> — Ray Ozzie 2024-08-24T00:03:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvyh0hjv67uzxhqjm078k2uz90jragcmyslp8mqjwz4ctevt4sgqzypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs506vd5 There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.<br/><br/> — C. A. R. Hoare<br/><br/>#complexity 2024-08-22T12:03:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wlsz7azraaszcz9drjpwe6elvljzceutjj07sycj78m5tyx2knszypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs7w0ruz The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.<br/><br/> — Tom Cargill<br/><br/>#estimating 2024-08-16T12:03:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsglvaqz72l8mcg2ztjfpg3fkwsswez6u78jqqluzekjjkgmmryfpczypagmpaphnq6f9st473cc8vdw5d6ynkquw2ny4agpndmw2d7q9xhs3e08er It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.<br/><br/> — Alan Cooper 2024-08-05T12:03:27Z