Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch.

In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected to the fact that they average 15 points of IQ lower than the general population? That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color.

Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry

Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.

When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible - and never throw away information unless the recipient forces you to!

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

The central problem of C and C++ is that they require programmers to do their own memory management