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.
04/29/2021
A review of data collection at NASA’s Software Engineering Laboratory concluded that the most important lesson learned in 15 years was that you need to define measurement goals before you measure…
— Steve McConnell, Rapid Development
04/28/2021
The number of programmers who really understand what they are doing comprise only about 10% of all the programmers I’ve ever talked to, worked with, or heard about.
— Max Kanat-Alexander, Understanding Software
04/27/2021
‘Becoming more beautiful’ is a consequence of enhanced strength; it is the expression of a victorious will, of increased coordination, of a harmonising of all strong desires. Of an infallibly perpendicular stress and balance. The simplifications of logic and geometry are a necessary consequence of the enhancement of strength.
— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power
04/26/2021
Advanced beginners and competent practitioners often confuse software design patterns with recipes, sometimes with disastrous results.
— Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
04/25/2021
…philosophy is no more an instrument of politics than it is a prop for morality.
— Luc Ferry, A Brief History of Thought
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