![]() (A professor of electrical and computer engineering and Vice Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Illinois, with the primary research area signal processing) ![]() “In programming, if someone tells you “you’re overcomplicating it,” they’re either 10 steps behind you or 10 steps ahead of you.” Andrew Singer (A frontend developer on Facebook React Core team) “No amount of testing can prove a software right, a single test can prove a software wrong.” Andrew Clark (A senior QA engineer with more than 15 years of experience in software, specialized in testing and validation of complex web and e-commerce applications and health industry software) “A well-functioning team of adequate people will complete a project almost regardless of the process or technology they are asked to use (although the process and technology may help or hinder them along the way.)” Amir Ghahrai (American computer scientist, author and known as one of the initiators of the agile movement in software development.) “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” Alistair Cockburn (A British writer and philosopher, has about fifty books in novel and non-fiction genres, including “Brave New World” which is considered a major example of the dystopia genre) “Programming is just saying “I have a meeting in an hour so better not start on this yet” to yourself until you die.” Aldous Huxley (A software engineer, also a musician and producer, known for his musical comedies on TikTok) “A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.” Alex Engelberg (German theoretical physicist who has Nobel Prize.) “A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.” Albert Einstein (A famous British mathematician, computer scientist, cryptologist, considered as the founder of computer science, laid the conceptual foundation of modern computers with the Turing machine, Turing Award, accepted the Nobel of computer science, is given annually in his name) “If art interprets our dreams, the computer executes them in the guise of programs!” Alan Turing “A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.” (An American computer scientist and professor, known for his groundbreaking work on programming languages and also the first winner of the Turing Award.) “Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual – not how to use it but why, when and for what.” Alan Perlis “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” (An American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in PC, object-oriented programming and GUI design.) “Usability’s strength is in identifying problems, while design’s strength is in identifying solutions.” Alan Kay “Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.” “If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.” (An American programmer and software designer, known as the father of Visual Basic.) “User interface is the process of shifting from chaotic complexity to elegant simplicity.” Alan Cooper By the time people think an idea is good, it’s probably too late.” Akshat Paul “If you’re waiting for encouragement from others, you’re doing it wrong. If people call it a ‘toy’ you’re definitely onto something.” ![]() “Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. ![]() (An American entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of a corporate cloud company) In this blog, we wanted to gather these wise words in English as well and capture these experiences. We translate them to Turkish and share them in our social media accounts with the hashtags #developerquotes and #developerinspiration, explaining the context and the story behind them. Since 2018, we have been sharing on social media the quotes we consider to be wise and still applicable, from people who are well-known and accepted in different fields of the software industry.
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