Nastassja Riemermann

“When people write software, they are not writing it for themselves. In fact, they are not even writing primarily for the computer. Rather, good programmers know that code is written for the next human being who has to read it in order to maintain or reuse it. If that person cannot understand the code, it’s all but useless in a realistic development scenario.”
― Mark Lutz, Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming

“I wonder what NASA would think about me fucking with the RTG like this. They’d probably hide under their desks and cuddle with their slide rules for comfort.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“He loved people of intelligence, who served causes, and my understanding is this is why those relationships ended. They chose their missions or their work over him. But then this was true of Jim. The ship—the crew, the mission—came first.”
― Una McCormack, The Autobiography of Mr. Spock: The Life of a Federation Legend