Wilhelm Codes · Wisdom

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:18:30 +1000

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power”

“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:05:00 +1000

“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.”

The Grug Brained Developer

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:20:00 +1000

Read this for the third time and it still lands. Complexity very, very bad. Grug is right more often than I would like to admit.

“A little copying is better than a little dependency.”

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +1000

“A little copying is better than a little dependency.”

“The most damaging phrase in the language is: ‘It’s always been done …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:12:00 +1000

“The most damaging phrase in the language is: ‘It’s always been done that way.’”

“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”

“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”

“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000

“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.”

“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”

“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”

“The best error message is the one that never shows up.”

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

“The best error message is the one that never shows up.”

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but …

0xdeadbeef@devilmayco.de (Wilhelm Murdoch) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”