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.
04/16/2022
I would make a strong case that programming languages have not improved qualitatively in the last 40 years.
— Peter Seibel, Coders at Work
04/15/2022
To fear, is to act as if you await the possibility of evil.
— Søren Kierkegaard, The Works of Love
04/14/2022
If we are to ensure that the proper talents are available when needed, we shall have to classify the work that programmers do into somewhat more refined categories than the simple term “programming” covers.
— Gerald Weinberg, The Psychology of Computer Programming
04/13/2022
Nowadays, however, economic class is barely mentioned unless combined “intersectionally” with some other form of marginalized identity. It is therefore no surprise that many working-class and poor people often feel profoundly alienated from today’s left—Marxists rightly identify it as having adopted very bourgeois concerns.
— Helen Pluckrose and James A. Lindsay, Cynical Theories
04/12/2022
A lot of the downside of frameworks can be avoided by applying them selectively to solve difficult problems without looking for a one-size-fits-all solution.
— Eric Evans, Domain-Driven Design
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