Work Quotes

"A well-written specification is the first step toward a good implementation."

"Programming is the art of telling another human what one wants the computer to do."

"The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places."

"The real secret is to be passionate about what you do."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"The best code is code that solves real problems for real people, not code that impresses other programmers."

"Speed matters. Users can feel the difference between 100ms and 500ms, even if they don't know why."

"Your code is not finished when it works—it's finished when it's clear."

"A programmer's job is to understand the problem, not just write code."

"Every line of code should have a purpose and clarity."

"Work becomes joy when solving problems you care about."

"I've always believed in building tools that last"

"If you're willing to restrict the scope of your problem, you can almost always do it faster."

"Software is a service industry."

"I always try to do the best possible job."

"Great work requires both passion and discipline."

"I believe in the value of hard work."

"Node.js is not about being the fastest, it's about being the most productive."

"A program is not just a collection of instructions; it's a conversation between the programmer and the future maintainer."

"A good specification is worth a thousand lines of debugging."

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad."

"I try not to think of it as a job, because if you think of it as a job then it becomes something you have to do, rather than something you want to do."

"I'm committed to making quality games."

"Good code is its own best documentation."

"The speed of iteration matters more than the perfection of a single attempt."

"The details matter more than most people realize."

"Sometimes the best optimization is knowing when to stop optimizing."

"The work of building a programming language is never finished; it evolves with its users."

"Successful programmers are not in it for the money. They are in it for the success."

"One way to make sure your code will work is to ensure that it is obviously correct."