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30 Inspiring developers quotes with visuals

There are plenty of developer's quotes on the internet. We've decided to turn some of them into high quality visuals in order to share them on our DEVshirt.club twitter account. We hope to create many more in order to inspire you to become better programmer.

Some of the quotes are taken from other developers twitters accounts, so they include @ sign to owners twitter account. Please keep in mind, they are also great accounts to follow if you want to join the programming community.

1.

"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand.
Good programmers write code that humans can understand."

Any fool can write code that a computre can understand, good programmers write code that a human can understand | developer quote

2.

"Fix the cause not the symptom"

fix the cause, not the symptom | developer quote

3.

"100% of people who think you're crazy for building a startup have a boring life"
Twitter source

100% of people who think you're crazy for building a startup have a boring life| developers quote

4.

"Code will be written once, while it will be read multiple times"

5.

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. | developers quote

6.

"Coding on the weekend is overrated"
Twitter source

coding on the weekend is overrated | Developers quote

7.

"Simplicity is the soul of effiiciency"

Simplicity is the soul of efficiency | developers quote

8.

"I've finally learned what 'upward compatible' means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes."

I've finally learned what upward compatible means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes | developers quote

9.

"Deploying on a Friday is just asking for a terrible weekend."
Twitter source

Deploying on a Friday is just asking for a terrible weekend | developers quote

10.

"Software being done is like lawn being mowed"

Software being done is like lawn being mowed | developers quote

11.

"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing ... until it's too late"

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing ... until it's too late | developer's quote

12.

"As a software engineer, it's 100% ok to plagiarize as long as it's from yourself"
Twitter source

As a software engineer, it's 100% ok to plagiarize as long as it's from yourself | developers quote

13.

"Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding"

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding | developers quote

14.

"Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job."

Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job. | developers quote

15.

"You say: 'Not all the code is worth testing'
I hear: 'Not all the code is worth writing'"
Twitter source

You say: 'Not all the code is worth testing'I hear: 'Not all the code is worth writing' | developers quote

16.

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

The best error message is the one that never shows up | developers quote

17.

"There are only two kinds of programming languages: 1. the ones nobody uses, 2. the ones people always bitch about"

There are only two kinds of programming languages: 1. the ones nobody uses, 2. the ones people always bitch about | developers quote

18.

"Code scales easy, care doesn't"
Twitter source

Code scales easy, care doesn't | Developer quote

19.

"The most important property of a program is wether it accomplishes the intention of its user"

The most important property of a program is wether it accomplishes the intention of its user | developer quote

20.

"Software is like sex: It's better when it's free."

Software is like sex: It's better when it's free. | developers quote

21.

"Write code to benefit your users, not for your convenience"
Twitter source

Write code to benefit your users, not for your convenience | developers quote

22.

"Learning the art of programming, like most other disciplines, consists of first learning the rules and then learning when to break them"

Learning the art of programming, like most other disciplines, consists of first learning the rules and then learning when to break them | developers t-shirt

23.

"Good code is it's own best documentation"

Good code is it's own best documentation | developers quote

24.

"1 hour of struggling to build something is probably equal to working trough 10 hours of a tutorial"
Twitter source

1 hour of struggling to build something is probably equal to working trough 10 hours of a tutorial | developers quote

25.

"On my most productive day, I've deleted a 1000 lines of code"

On my most productive day, I've deleted a 1000 lines of code | developers quote

26.

"Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case"

Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case | developer quote

27.

"People are often surprised when I tell them that writing code is just a small part of software development"
Twitter source

People are often surprised when I tell them that writing code is just a small part of software development | developer quote

28.

"Coding is like poetry, it should be short and concise"

Coding is like poetry, it should be short and concise | developers quote

29.

"Programming takes time. You need to be patient"

Programming takes time. You need to be patient | developer quote

30.

"Finishing projects is as important as starting them. You will feel great after a project is done"
Twitter source

Best of luck

With all this inspiring developers quotes, we hope that you'll have a fruitful day ahead 😊
If you like some of the quotes feel free to tweet us, use them and let us know.