Features have a specification cost, a design cost, and a development cost. There is a testing cost and a reliability cost. ... Features have a documentation cost. Every feature adds pages to the manual increasing training costs.

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

Features that offer value to a minority of users impose a cost on all users.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.