“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” IfsThinkingKnowsProblemBeautifulPoliticsBeautyCreativityEconomyDesignComputerSolutionsProgramSolveFinishedArchitectureMathematicalLiberalismProgrammingConcentrationSoftwareEngineeringProblem SolvingSpectacularProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageMath And ScienceProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemBeing BeautifulNieceSoftware DesignComputer ProgrammersArchitecture And DesignGreat ScienceSoftware DevelopmentScience PhysicsArchitecture DesignSolved ProblemsSimplicity In DesignTruth And BeautyBeautiful ArtProduct DesignArchitecture And ArtMath ProblemsUrban DesignMathematical ProblemsMathematical BeautyDesign WorkEngineering InspirationalBeauty ProductsLife And BeautyBeautiful DesignHidden Beauty Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.” PeopleWorldWantHandsSimpleDesignEvolutionComputerMercyKneesSoftwareBowsFistsSiliconSoftware DesignBinaryComputer Software Author:Bill Gates
“Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.” LawScienceLiteratureDifficultComputerIncreaseProgrammingSoftwareProgrammersComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageEntropySoftware DesignThermodynamicsComputer Software Author:Norman Ralph Augustine
“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.” DoneTodayForceMillionsTechnologyIntegrityComputerSlaveCodeProgrammingSoftwareBricksFunny InspirationalBrutesProgrammersPyramidsComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesEgyptianComputer LanguageHardwareSoftware DesignBrute ForceComputer ProgrammersComputer SoftwareCode QualityEgyptian Pyramids Author:Alan Kay
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.” WisdomScienceReligionNatureInspiringEducationKnowledgeCrazyIgnoranceComputerIllusionDiscoveryIntelligenceObstaclesOptimisticProgrammingExplorationDiscoveringFavouriteSkepticismExploringComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesKnowledgeableComputer LanguageKnowledge WisdomKnowledge Of GodTrue KnowledgeKnowledge And WisdomSoftware DesignKnowledge EducationMore KnowledgeEducation And KnowledgeWillful IgnoranceKnowing NothingKnowledge And LearningKnowledge LearningReal KnowledgeStupidity And IgnoranceGreatest ObstaclesSimplicity In DesignKnowledge And IgnoranceLearning KnowledgeDiscovery In LifeSharing KnowledgeObstacle In LifeIgnorance And FearGreat KnowledgeIgnorance Is Not BlissDiscovering The TruthTruth And KnowledgeKnowledge Is DangerousTheory Of KnowledgeGrowing Knowledge Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” SuccessLeadershipLinesTechnologyProgressBuildingTrustComputerWeightCodeProgrammingProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesMeasuringAircraftComputer LanguageDevelopersSoftware DesignComputer ProgrammersSoftware DevelopmentProgramming FunnyComputer SystemsComputer HackingCode Quality Author:Bill Gates