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.
09/05/2025
Artists and philosophers not only show us what we have felt, they present our experiences more poignantly and intelligently than we have been able; they give shape to aspects of our lives that we recognize as our own, yet could never have understood so clearly on our own. They explain our condition to us, and thereby help us to be less lonely with, and confused by it.
— Alain De Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
09/04/2025
There was about eighteen months where ENIAC was consistently three months from being finished,
— Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man From the Future
09/03/2025
The primary obstacle to success is an unwillingness to define a small, clear set of goals and commit to them for an entire project.
— Steve McConnell, Rapid Development
09/02/2025
…there is a whiff of sadism in programming, a heroic self-immolation on the pyre of complexity.
— Kent Beck, Tidy First?
09/01/2025
It’s far more reliable to get good at cheap validation than it is to get great at consistently picking the right solution.
— Will Larson, An Elegant Puzzle
1988 post articles, 398 pages.