Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.

Programming in the abstract sense is what I really enjoy. I enjoy lots of different areas of it... I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time writing a database manager or something because there are always interesting problems.

Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.

Some cynical people think that every activity must revolve around the mighty dollar, and that anyone saying otherwise is just attempting to delude the public. I will probably never be able to convice them that that isn't always the case, but I do have the satisfaction of knowing that I live in a less dingy world than they do.

It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!

If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better