Archive for February, 2006
“There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.”
“The cost of adding a feature isn’t just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion.”
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”
“We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.”
“Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning.”
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
“If your project doesn’t work, look for the part that you didn’t think was important.”
“Police-mentality planners design workplaces the way they would prisons: Optimized for containment at minimal cost.”
“Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.”
“Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming: Feedback is the treament.”