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.
10/12/2022
It’s hard to be a role model . . . because what you really need to do is show students how imperfect people can be and still succeed.
— Francis Su, Mathematics for Human Flourishing
10/11/2022
…it isn’t possible to provide more precision than that shown in Table 8-12—it’s only possible to lie about it or not to know any better. The imprecision isn’t a sign of a bad estimate; it’s part of the nature of software development. Failure to acknowledge imprecision is a sign of a bad estimate.
— Steve McConnell, Rapid Development
10/10/2022
One obvious injury done by accepting the Rational Model is that we mis-educate our successors. We teach them modes of working that we ourselves do not follow.
— Frederick P. Jr. Brooks, The Design of Design
Background Information: Rational Model
10/09/2022
If you start dedicating even a couple of hours a week to developing the team around you, it’s quite likely that will become your legacy long after your tech specs and pull requests are forgotten.
— Will Larson and Tanya Reilly, Staff Engineer
10/08/2022
Philosophy is on a higher plane than art or religion, which are still tied to “picture-thinking”.
— Lloyd Spencer, Introducing Hegel
1914 post articles, 383 pages.