the real standards are what’s in the wild, and that what’s happening in the wild is an order of magnitude more insane than you can imagine.
Motor Booty Affair (1978)
The art of creating is not just pushing a button.
Bernie Worrell, RIP
R&D
the true meaning of being agile is not responding to requirements change, but enabling surprises to come from everywhere
Real Genius
If Sun had found a way to bill for every interface implemented and every use of the singleton pattern they would have been the ones buying Oracle.
Edward C++Hands
there were many stunning dog hairdos on display… but the bulk of the conference was about how to avoid mutilation and how to deliver first aid in case of accidental amputation.
"Intelligence and effort combined at their best" (1946)
Luck is the residue of design.
Branch Rickey, cited by Jonathan Eig, Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season, Simon & Schuster, 2007, p23.