“A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.”
Source: Code Complete
Software Engineering Quotes
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“If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture.”
“Programs should be written and polished until they acquire publication quality.”
“Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.”
“A good threat is worth a thousand tests.”
Source: Software Testing Techniques
“If you can't test it, don't build it. If you don't test it, rip it out.”
“Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries.”
Source: Software Testing Techniques
“I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed”
“About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects.”
“Product quality has almost nothing to do with defects or their lack.”
“There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.”
Source: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition
“In fast moving markets, adaptation is significantly more important than optimization.”
“Never in the annals of software engineering was so much owed by so many to so few lines of code”
“I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.”
Source: Debugging Applications: Microsoft
“If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air.”
Source: Software Project Survival Guide
Source: Rapid Development
Source: Software Project Survival Guide
Source: Code Complete
“Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.”
“A dynamic duo who work well together can be worth any three people working in isolation.”
“Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.”
“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”
“Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!”
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
“Software engineering is not about right and wrong but only better and worse”