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As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been

As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. – Dave Parnas

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I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that weve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded. – Mark Zuckerberg

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There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers. – Steven Levy

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I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasnt going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing. – Joseph Kosinski

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I dont look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans. – Magnus Carlsen

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