Free markets select for winning solutions.

A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately see what is going on. It is simple when what is going on is uncomplicated enough for a human brain to reason about all the potential cases without strain

The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.

A security system is only as secure as its secret. Beware of pseudo-secrets.

Today I am one of the senior technical cadre that makes the Internet work, and a core Linux and open-source developer.

Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?