I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.

Make it work, make it right, make it fast.

Responsible Development is the style of development I aspire to now. It can be summarized by answering the question, How would I develop if it were my money? I'm amazed how many theoretical arguments evaporate when faced with this question.

I tell people to start implementing when they are pretty sure there aren't more important stories out there. An iteration's worth of data is worth months of speculation.

The business changes. The technology changes. The team changes. The team members change. The problem isn't change, per se, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, is the inability to cope with change when it comes.

I mean, source code in files; how quaint, how seventies!