Quote of the Day
If you enjoy programming, philosophy, math, or any number of geeky topics, you're in the right place. Every day, I'll post a random quote from my extensive collection of Kindle highlights. Quotes do not necessarily reflect my views or opinions. In fact, part of my epistemic process is to consume a wide variety of contradictory material.
10/31/2024
…power is given only to the one who dares to reach down and take it.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
10/30/2024
This is a book about a radical idea…One that has long been known to make rulers nervous…That most people, deep down, are pretty decent.
— Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History
10/29/2024
…our ubiquitous quality improvement programs just make real quality improvement harder.
— Tom DeMarco, Slack
10/28/2024
In the long-term, companies either learn to explore, or they fade away; this isn’t an ignorable challenge.
— Will Larson and Tanya Reilly, Staff Engineer
10/27/2024
…if you plan to use a productivity tool, you should add about 25 percent on top of the total time you expect to spend working with the tool for use in working around the tool’s limitations.
— Steve McConnell, Rapid Development
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