38 Quotes by Joel Spolsky

Something is usable if it behaves exactly as expected.

Nothing works better than just improving your product.

Writing code is not production, it’s not always craftsmanship though it can be, it’s design.

Indeed one of the best ways to deflect attacks is to make it look like they’re succeeding. It’s the software equivalent of playing dead.

Design adds value faster than it adds cost.

Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.

So if you want to get things done, you positively have to understand at any given point in time what is the most important thing to get done right now and if you’re not doing it, you’re not making progress at the fastest possible rate.

Common programmer thought pattern: there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and n.

We just have to come in every morning and somehow, launch the editor.