To paraphrase my mother, it's all fun and games until someone starts writing subclasses.
~ Russ Olsen
"A most important, but also most elusive, aspect of any tool is its influence on the habits of those who train themselves in its use. If the tool is a programming language this influence is, whether we like it or not, an influence on our thinking habits."
~ Djikstra
"The cleaner and nicer the program, the faster it's going to run. And if it doesn't, it'll be easy to make it fast."
Joshua Bloch
When the hierarchy is correct, anyone can successfully create a new subclass.
~ Sandi Metz
"Plans and estimates are like a lettuce, good for a couple of days, rather wilty after a week, and unrecognizable after a couple of months."
It's not at all important to get it right the first time. It's vitally important to get it right the last time.
Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
No tool works perfectly in every context, and much grief visits projects who try to use tools outside their expiration date.
~ Neal Ford
