Ashish Patel

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

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

The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.

Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.

A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability.

One man’s crappy software is another man’s full time job.

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.

Deleted code is debugged code.

Don’t worry if it doesn’t work right. If everything did, you’d be out of a job.