The meaning of one size fits all

“One size fits all”:  Doesn’t fit anyone.

Anonymous

The meaning of no maintenance

“No maintenance”:  Impossible to fix.

Anonymous

The meaning of new

“New”:  Different color from previous model.

Anonymous

Foolproof operation

“Foolproof operation”:  No provision for adjustment.

Anonymous

On code and comments

Make sure comments and code agree.

Anonymous

Right vs fast

Make it right before you make it faster.

Anonymous

Laws of debugging

1. Don’t comment or patch bad code; rewrite it.
2. Don’t compare floating point numbers solely for equality.
3. Don’t diddle code to make it faster; find a better algorithm.
4. Don’t document the program; program the document.
5. Don’t stop at one bug.
6. Every bug you find is the last one.
7. Every program is either trivial or it contains at least one bug.
8. In God we trust; all else we walk through.
9. Know Thy User.
10. Let the machine do the dirty work.

Anonymous

Systems and fools

Design a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

Anonymous

Computers, humans and reliability

Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.

Gilb

Names and complexity

All the simple programs have been written, and all the good names taken.

Anonymous