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“Truth can only be found in one place: the code.”
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
― Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
“Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day.
Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime.”
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Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime.”
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“We are looking at a society increasingly dependent on machines, yet decreasingly capable of making or even using them effectively.”
― Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
― Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
“At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software can be implemented, sold, and even used given enough determination. There is nothing a mere scientist can say that will stand against the flood of a hundred million dollars. But there is one quality that cannot be purchased in this way - and that is reliability. The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.”
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“You are not reading this book because a teacher assigned it to you, you are reading it because you have a desire to learn, and wanting to learn is the biggest advantage you can have.”
― The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
― The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
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