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“Software design as taught today is terribly incomplete. It talks only about what systems should do. It doesn’t address the converse—things systems should not do. They should not crash, hang, lose data, violate privacy, lose money, destroy your company, or kill your customers.”
― Michael T. Nygard, Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software

“Most testers I’ve known are perverse enough that if you tell them the “happy path” through the application, that’s the last thing they’ll do. It should be the same with load testing.”
― Michael T. Nygard, Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software

“The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.”
― Edsger W. Dijkstra

“Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes”
― Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.”
― Edsger W. Dijkstra

“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”
― Edsger W. Dijkstra

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain