It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.
Good engineering is characterized by gradual, stepwise refinement of products that yields increased performance under given constraints and with given resources.
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity.
Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve inherently complex problems, which often do require complex mechanisms. However, this should not diminish our desire for elegant solutions, which convince by their clarity and effectiveness. Simple, elegant solutions are more effective, but they are harder to find than complex ones, and they require more time, which we too often believe to be unaffordable
A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.
C++ is an insult to the human brain
A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.
J-Lo finally married into her own music genre. Crappy music.
All just laws condemn cruelty.
How can you smile as though your whole life hasn't capsized
The "through-and-through" universe seems to suffocate me with its infallible impeccable all-pervasiveness. Its necessity , with no possibilities; its relations, with no subjects, make me feel as if I had entered into a contract with no reserved rights. . . It seems too buttoned-up and white-chokered and clean-shaven a thing to speak for the vast slow-breathing unconscious Kosmos with its dread abysses and its unknown tides.