Pieter Hintjens

“Programming is a science dressed up as art, because most of us don’t understand the physics of software and it’s rarely, if ever, taught. The physics of software is not algorithms, data structures, languages, and abstractions. These are just tools we make, use, and throw away. The real physics of software is the physics of people. Specifically, it’s about our limitations when it comes to complexity and our desire to work together to solve large problems in pieces. This is the science of programming: make building blocks that people can understand and use easily, and people will work together to solve the very largest problems.”
― Pieter Hintjens, ZeroMQ: Messaging for Many Applications

“People contribute to ZeroMQ because they need it in their own projects, and if they spend a little time making it better, that can earn them or save them many times more. When you work for someone else, you will make what he or she wants. When you work for yourself, you will make what you need. It is so very different. People”
― Pieter Hintjens, Social Architecture: Building On-line Communities