A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately see what is going on. It is simple when what is going on is uncomplicated enough for a human brain to reason about all the potential cases without strain
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better progra… - Eric S. Raymond
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better progra…
- Eric S. Raymond
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… - Eric S. Raymond
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…
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse) - Eric S. Raymond
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)
Any tool should be useful in the expected way, but a truly great tool lends itself to uses you never expected. - Eric S. Raymond
Any tool should be useful in the expected way, but a truly great tool lends itself to uses you never expected.
Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong. - Eric S. Raymond
Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.
Alchemists turned into chemists when they stopped keeping secrets. - Eric S. Raymond
Alchemists turned into chemists when they stopped keeping secrets.
Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around. - Eric S. Raymond
Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.
If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you. - Eric S. Raymond
If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.
You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. - Eric S. Raymond
You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.
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