Programming Quotes

“Erase outdated elements and rewrite programs: learn, unlearn and relearn to constantly adapt.”
― Roger Spitz, Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World

“If you are not willing to put a fragment of your soul into the code, don't program. Do pursue a different path instead...”
― Dmitry Galuscenko

“We create programs as much as programs create us”
― Dmitry Galuscenko

“Computers need to bond with their users to avoid panicking with fatal errors, like skittish horses at spring thunder.”
― Dmitry Galuscenko

“Our software is fragile as well — if people built houses the way we write programs, the first woodpecker would wipe out civilization.”
― Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

“Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain.”
― Alan M. Turing

“The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures.... Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separate from the construct itself.”
― Fred Brooks Jr

“An engineers goal is to make himself obsolete.”
― Anonymous

“The goal is to face your fears. That is how you overcome fear. Then it can’t have a stronghold over you, your beliefs, and your mind.”
― Dana Arcuri, Intuitive Guide: How to Trust Your Gut, Embrace Divine Signs, & Connect with Heavenly Messengers

“Engaging in 'vibe coding' as a non-technical founder is like surfing with an AI-powered board—catching waves effortlessly, but without understanding the ocean, you're one wipeout away from a crash.”
― Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“Unfortunately, the most common metaphor for software development is building construction. [...] Well, software doesn’t quite work that way. Rather than construction, software is more like gardening—it is more organic than concrete. You plant many things in a garden according to an initial plan and conditions. Some thrive, others are destined to end up as compost. You may move plantings relative to each other to take advantage of the interplay of light and shadow, wind and rain. Overgrown plants get split or pruned, and colors that clash may get moved to more aesthetically pleasing locations. You pull weeds, and you fertilize plantings that are in need of some extra help. You constantly monitor the health of the garden, and make adjustments (to the soil, the plants, the layout) as needed.

Business people are comfortable with the metaphor of building construction: it is more scientific than gardening, it’s repeatable, there’s a rigid reporting hierarchy for management, and so on. But we’re not building skyscrapers—we aren’t as constrained by the boundaries of physics and the real world.

The gardening metaphor is much closer to the realities of software development. Perhaps a certain routine has grown too large, or is trying to accomplish too much—it needs to be split into two. Things that don’t work out as planned need to be weeded or pruned.”
― Andrew Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

“Listening , Testing , Coding , Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something .”
― Kent Beck

“{Programming}: Being Realistic
in an Imaginary World;”
― maskey_zoldyck

“The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures.... Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separate from the construct itself.”
― Frederick P. Brooks Jr., [The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)] [By: Brooks Jr., Frederick P.] [August, 1995]

“Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but it is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.”
― Edsger W. Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer

“– Azt mondod, a programozás valójában varázslás?
– Végül is, a varázslat, mondhatni, a valóság programozása.”
― Lione Stanislav, Csillagom

“To know and experience true love is the greatest of all privileges.”
― Troy Hadeed, My Name Is Love: We're Not All That Different

“The next world war is not gonna be a cold war, it's gonna be a code war.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Code War (Sonnet 1317)

The next world war is
not gonna be a cold war,
it's gonna be a code war.
Forget about conscious AI,
ethicless AI is the real danger.

Codes don't have to be conscious,
to do great damage to the world.
ChatGPT, Deepfake, Dall-E, none
are sentient, yet there is no limit
to them-produced fraud and havoc.

Without a basic righteousness code,
Fanciest of algorithm is mindless junk.
If you cannot figure out how to do that,
Abandon digital and build back analog.

Focus on ethical AI, rather than smarter AI,
If you are human, and wanna help the world.
If you're a robot who thinks logic is king,
Get yourself admitted, for you are in muck.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Python is more than just a programming language. It is a tool that enables people to create innovative solutions and shape the future of technology.”
― Shree Shambav, Optimum – Python – Ultimate Guide for Beginners – Series 1: Unlock the Power of Python with Optimum's Comprehensive Beginner's Guide

“Naturally occurring processes are often informally modeled by priority queues. Single people maintain a priority queue of potential dating candidates, mentally if not explicitly. One’s impression on meeting a new person maps directly to an attractiveness or desirability score, which serves as the key field for inserting this new entry into the “little black book” priority queue data structure. Dating is the process of extracting the most desirable person from the data structure (Find-Maximum), spending an evening to evaluate them better, and then reinserting them into the priority queue with a possibly revised score.”
― Steven S. Skiena, The Algorithm Design Manual

“Because Ruby enables you to say more interesting things in each line of code, you end up with less code.”
― Russ Olsen, [Design Patterns in Ruby] [By: Olsen, Russ] [December, 2007]

“Animals live on blood,
Machines live on logic.
Universe lives in numbers,
Humans live unselfish.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“... the bean scoping mechanism is extensible, allowing you to define your own custom scopes, or redefine an existing one.”
― Ashlan Chidester, Looking forward to the Spring Framework

“From mind control to programming

Foa and Kozak (1986) note that pathological fear structures, including unrealistic elements that may become associated with states of absorption and heightened arousal often attendant with extreme stress, are extremely resistant to modification. Hence, the power of all statements made during and immediately after abusive episodes while the victim is in an altered state will be enhanced by the absence of an operative critical consciousness (Conway, 1994), and by the indelible connection with intolerable terror or dread.
Psychologically sophisticated abusers who have mastered the methods of mind control know how to induce psychobiological state changes, how to elaborate and encapsulate them, how to provide the cues to trigger them, how to tap into and alter the victim's motivational and belief systems, and how to layer amnesias within a personality. In this way a polyfragmented dissociative individual can appear to lead the life of a normal hardworking citizen, yet can function undetected (by himself or by others) as a mind-controlled operative and remain available for service to individual perpetrators or groups.”
― Harvey L. Schwartz, The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep: A Relational Approach to Internalized Perpetration for Complex Trauma Survivors

“Psychologically sophisticated abusers who have mastered the methods of mind control know how to induce psychobiological state changes, how to elaborate and encapsulate them, how to provide the cues to trigger them, how to tap into and alter the victim's motivational and belief systems, and how to layer amnesias within a personality. In this way a polyfragmented dissociative individual can appear to lead the life of a normal hardworking citizen, yet can function undetected (by himself or by others) as a mind-controlled operative and remain available for service to individual perpetrators or groups.”
― Harvey L. Schwartz, The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep: A Relational Approach to Internalized Perpetration for Complex Trauma Survivors

“Computers, as any programmer will tell you, are giant morons, not giant brains.”
― Arthur Samuel

“The future belongs to those who adapt; evolve with the programmable economy, or risk being left behind.”
― Olawale Daniel

“You can try to code their brain and body, but you cannot change a person's identity, personality, morals, integrity and stance in life.”
― Maria Karvouni, Reality Is Just A Possible Fantasy

“Techniques that would be unthinkable in many textbook solutions can not only be good, but are simply required for a proper real-world working kernel. It's the small path that keeps the balance between these totally opposite faces of the kernel that makes the whole thing so interesting, challenging, and fun!”
― Wolfgang Mauerer, Professional Linux Kernel Architecture