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Debugging becomes significantly easier if you first admit that you are the problem

William Laeder

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Curse of the self-taught: fear that you know only points here and there, islands of knowledge, and between them are chasms into which you will fall in humiliating failure, a fear that followed me from the first time I learned how to code.

Ellen Ullman, Life in Code

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Luna in her first jumper

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“Old computer pioneers never die, they just lose their physical bits.” – C Gordon Bell, May 2024

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Luna, our new Sphynx kitten

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Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code. It lets you accrete programs as a series of patches.

Paul Graham, Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

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When to use iterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed.

Martin Fowler

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Now I understand why cityfolk have big 4x4 to drive to the shops.  Once every few years you might encounter a country road when Google diverts you.

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The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it

Dennis Ritchie

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I’ve added a little explorer to my terrarium

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Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.

Michael Sinz

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Piper (very furry) stole Anubis (not furry at all) spot

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Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

Donald Knuth

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Bella explores the water

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Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes

Oscar Wilde