The finest pieces of software are those where one individual has a complete sense of exactly how the program works. To have that, you have to really love the program and concentrate on keeping it simple, to an incredible degree.

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, and then write your own, then have other people review your code. You've got to want to be in this incred…

We're no longer in the days where everything is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make it to the top, you'll find that the key internal…

The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbag…

Simplicate, then add lightness.

Architects know that some kinds of design problems are more personal than others. One of the cleanest, most abstract design problems is designing bridges. Ther…

The best thing software can be is easy, but the way to do this is to get the defaults right, not to limit users' choices.