"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." – Harold Abelson
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All Models Are Wrong (with James Gayfer) | Dead Code

Just because it's easy to understand doesn't mean it was easy to write. In fact, the easier it is to understand, the harder it probably was to write. #programming #programmingwisdom
Simple code is hard to write. #programming #programmingwisdom
All computers wait at the same speed. #programming #ProgrammingWisdom
"What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months." — Fred Brooks
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Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
- Eric Raymond

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Debugging week, Day 3

“Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever."

I stand guilty as charged.

[Anyone know for sure whose quote that is?]

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Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer. — Filipe Fortes

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