Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.

Productivity is most important by engineering management rules, but enjoyment is most important for engineers. One stems from the other.

Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing.

There's no such thing as a simple cache bug.

Eventually, I decided that thinking was not getting me very far and it was time to try building.

Rule 1. You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so don't try to second guess and put in a speed hack until you've proven that's where the bottleneck is

A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.