If you want to do something that's going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy.
C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string. - Jamie Zawinski
C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string.
- Jamie Zawinski
To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. Or something like that. - Jamie Zawinski
To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. Or something like that.
Any time someone says "that's it, I'm leaving" I ask them whether they'd prefer to live under US domestic policy, or US foreign policy. As bad as thi… - Jamie Zawinski
Any time someone says "that's it, I'm leaving" I ask them whether they'd prefer to live under US domestic policy, or US foreign policy. As bad as thi…
The real bug here is that the design of the system even permits this class of bug. It is unconscionable that someone designing a critical piece of se… - Jamie Zawinski
The real bug here is that the design of the system even permits this class of bug. It is unconscionable that someone designing a critical piece of se…
Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on an SGI O2). Linux has improved a great deal since I wr… - Jamie Zawinski
Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on an SGI O2). Linux has improved a great deal since I wr…
Linux is only free if your time has no value. - Jamie Zawinski
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. - Jamie Zawinski
Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.
Your "use case" should be, there's a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid? - Jamie Zawinski
Your "use case" should be, there's a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid?
You can divide our industry into two kinds of people: those who want to go work for a company to make it successful, and those who want to go work fo… - Jamie Zawinski
You can divide our industry into two kinds of people: those who want to go work for a company to make it successful, and those who want to go work fo…
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