“He - and if there is a God, I am convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would ever fuck things up this badly.”
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“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“So we borrow from other professions. We call ourselves software “engineers,” or “architects.” But we aren’t, are we? Architects and engineers have a rigor and discipline we could only dream of, and their importance in society is well understood. I remember talking to a friend of mine, the day before he became a qualified architect. “Tomorrow,” he said, “if I give you advice down at the pub about how to build some‐ thing and it’s wrong, I get held to account. I could get sued, as in the eyes of the law I am now a qualified architect and I should be held responsible if I get it wrong.” The importance of these jobs to society means that there are required qualifications people have to meet. In the UK, for example, a minimum of seven years study is required before you can be called an architect. But these jobs are also based on a body of knowledge going back thousands of years. And us? Not quite. Which is also why I view most forms of IT certification as worthless, as we know so little about what good looks like”
― Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
― Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Dune
― Dune
“И до такой ничтожности, мелочности, гадости мог снизойти человек! мог так измениться! И похоже это на правду? Все похоже на правду, все может статься с человеком. Нынешний же пламенный юноша отскочил бы с ужасом, если бы показали ему его же портрет в старости. Забирайте же с собою в путь, выходя из мягких юношеских лет в суровое ожесточающее мужество, забирайте с собою все человеческие движения, не оставляйте их на дороге, не подымете потом! Грозна страшна грядущая впереди старость, и ничего не отдает назад и обратно! Могила милосерднее ее, на могиле напишется: «Здесь погребен человек!», но ничего не прочитаешь в хладных, бесчувственных чертах бесчеловечной старости.”
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