In order to most smoothly navigate and benefit from the next act of the Digital Age, when these technologies will begin to enter the human body, we must realize that since the dawn of Homo sapiens we have been ‘steered organisms’ (a literal translation of ‘cyborgs’) – that is, steering ourselves through a series of ‘upgrades’, including language acquisition, education, and vaccination.

— Natasha Beranek, We Have Always Been Cyborgs

The best lessons I’ve learned weren’t rules, principles, or axioms, but were frameworks for how to think about problems.

— David Bryant Copeland, SOLID Is Not Solid

The moment you hire a Rust developer to evaluate languages, you’ve already chosen Rust. You’ve just added a $2 million feasibility study to make the predetermined decision feel rational.

— Steve Francia, Why Engineers Can’t Be Rational About Programming Languages

A century ago, fast typists were jamming their keyboards, so engineers designed the QWERTY keyboard to slow them down. Computer keyboards don’t jam, but we’re still living with QWERTY today.

— Marianne Bellotti, Kill It With Fire

Stupidity always follows on the heels of smugness.

— Roman Gelperin, On Rotting Prison Straw