Entrepreneurship boils down to the simple fact that a team of really smart people who can get things done are going to get smart, useful things done.

That's another flaw with performance-based rewards: They are easy for one of your competitors to top.

Common programmer thought pattern: there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and n.

If something seems possible, that's probably because someone is already doing it. When something seems that it can't possibly work, nobody tries it. Real innovation happens when someone tries anyway, overlooking an obvious flaw, and finds a way to make an idea work.

Good software, like wine, takes time.

Entrepreneurship boils down to the simple fact that a team of really smart people who can get things done are going to get smart, useful things done.

Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship though it can be, it's design.