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Eric S. Raymond, born on December 4, 1957, is a renowned programmer with a significant impact on the field of open-source software. He made important contributions to the development of the Linux kernel and is best known for his theoretical contributions to the open-source movement. Raymond's book 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' has had a profound influence on software development models.

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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.”

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“Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)”

Knows Writing Programming Programmers Great Ones Reuse

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch.”

Very Good Programming Software Good Work Developers

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.”

Way Writing Humans Hard Language Process Ability Learning Program Simplicity Ugly Code Bridges Perceive Related Complexity Programming Collapse Engineers Elegant Liable Suspension

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“With enough eyes, all bugs are shallow.”

Enough Eye Programming Shallow Testing Bugs Software Engineering

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“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone).”

Enough Problem Given Learning Obvious Programming Shallow Bugs Developers Eyeballs Beta Testers

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“The next best thing to having good ideas is recognizing good ideas from your users. Sometimes the latter is better.”

Ideas Sometimes Next Best Things Programming Latter Good Ideas Users Recognizing

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“When you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.”

Hands Lasts Interest Loses Duty Program Programming Competent Successors

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.”

Ifs Problem Interesting Attitude Programming

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you.”

Problem Interesting Findings Solve Programming

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Provided the development coordinator has a communications medium at least as good as the Internet and knows how to lead without coercion, many heads are inevitably better than one.”

Knows Know How Communication Development Internet Mediums Programming Coercion Coordinator

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible - and never throw away information unless the recipient forces you to!”

Writing Kind Littles Pain Force Information Data Streams Programming Software Gateways

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.”

Problem Realizing Solutions Concepts Programming Innovative

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers.”

Customers Release Programming

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“A security system is only as secure as its secret. Beware of pseudo-secrets.”

Secret Security Secure Programming Pseudo Security Systems

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.”

Language Programming Sugar

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“If you treat your beta-testers as if they're your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.”

Ifs Becoming Resources Treats Valuable Programming Beta Testers

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Any tool should be useful in the expected way, but a truly great tool lends itself to uses you never expected.”

Way Should Use Tools Expected Programming

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“Treating your users as co-developers is your least-hassle route to rapid code improvement and effective debugging.”

Improvement Code Programming Users Routes Rapids Developers Hassle Debugging

Book:The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous... if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed to feature all three, fleeing in terror might well be an appropriate reaction.”

Ifs Wells Might Three Dangerous Design Objects Projects Terror Reactions Combination Features Programming Appropriate Thread Invited Procedures Fleeing Interfaces Heavyweights

Book:The Art of UNIX Programming

Source: The Art of UNIX Programming

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Born: December 4, 1957
Known for: Programmer
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