Inspiration
Words, ideas, and philosophies that shape my perspective on life and engineering.
Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world; all knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it. — Albert Einstein
Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. — Alan J. Perlis
The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience. — Albert Einstein
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. — Lao Tzu
Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding — Burt Rutan
Premature optimization is the root of all evil — Donald Knuth
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. — Confucius
Users do not care about your architecture. They care about your value proposition. Every ounce of friction from an architecture choice that shows up in UX will eventually be a disadvantage. — Unknown
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. — Steve Jobs
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca
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