"Something that I really believe helped me get started smoothly was, frankly, my attitude. I don’t waste time hating on Java, even though it’s the cool thing to do. Java is what it is, it’s very much ubiquitous right now, and it’s just not productive to complain about it. Every language has shortcomings; Java is the standard language for Android development, so it’s what I used. Also, when I first got started I hadn’t yet read the plethora of blog posts about how terrible Android development is and how little money its developers make. I enjoyed the development process and, while it remains to be seen how my app will perform, I’m optimistic."
"terbiasa jadi mediocre jadi bikin takut mimpi tinggi2"
"Having a good start doesn’t mean we’ll get the finish line faster. Or even get there. It’s just a good start. The progress along the way that matters. Much."
"We have good-looking face that looks good on that book"
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
— Calvin Coolidge
(Source: reddit.com)
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
— Brian Kernighan
- jspath: woohoo perl 5.10 and // !
- abryan: hey jim are you using the // operator?
- abryan: I've been avoiding using any 5.10 features... but I guess we can start since we're running it most everywhere now
- ben_alman: i use the // operator in javascript
- ben_alman: whenever i encounter some of jim's code
- ben_alman: i just use that operator and everything works again
"If you have a problem and think to yourself… “I can solve that with a regular expresion!” Now you have two problems."
