Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, and a dash of irony.
I code, therefore I am... confused most of the time.
I'm a programmer, which means I solve problems you didn't know you had in ways you can't understand.
The irony of a perfect code is that no one believes it exists.
Unveiling Truths, Nurturing Minds, Inspiring Wisdom.
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2024-12-02.
1. From bugs to puns: Wise Programmer's ironic take on the coding universe.
The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
Tests are the Programmer's stone, transmuting fear into boredom.
-- Kent Beck
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people’s mistakes.
-- David Wheeler
The first rule of functions is that they should be small. The second rule of functions is that they should be smaller than that.
-- Robert C. Martin
Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.
-- Burt Rutan
2. Binary irony: we speaks the language of sarcastic code.
The standard rule is, when you're in a hole, stop digging; that seems not to apply to software nowadays.
-- Ron Minnich
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
-- Nathaniel Borenstein
The code you write makes you a programmer. The code you delete makes you a good one. The code you don't have to write makes you a great one.
-- Mario Fusco
We build systems like the Wright brothers built airplanes - build the whole thing, push it off the cliff, let it crash, and start over again.
-- Nato Software Engineering Conference '68
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
-- Douglas Adams
3. Sarcasm: The only language all programmers speak fluently.
One man's crappy software is another man's full time job.
-- Jessica Gaston
Hiring bad developers is like drinking seawater. It seems to satisfy a need while actually increasing it.
-- Michael Nygard
One of the best programming skills you can have is knowing when to walk away for awhile.
-- Oscar Godson
Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.
-- Richard M. Stallman
If you're not having fun, you're not learning. There's a pleasure in finding things out.