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

Indeed one of the best ways to deflect attacks is to make it look like they're succeeding. It's the software equivalent of playing dead.

Good software, like wine, takes time.

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

It's harder to read code than to write it.

I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary operating system - it simply has no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes.

Design adds value faster than it adds cost.