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

Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.

With enough eyes, all bugs are shallow.

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.

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

To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you.