Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

Good code is its own best documentation.

Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, reduce quality, damage morale, increase turnover, and ultimately lead to project cancellation.

It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive.

Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.