Disciples of Unix @DisciplesOfUnix

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. —W. Edwards Deming #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW #Deming

Debugging dominates development time, and getting a working system out the door is usually less a result of brilliant design than it is of managing not to trip over your own feet too many times. #TUP #TAoUP @dotadiw

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. —Ken Thompson #TUP #TAoUP #DOWaDIW

The Unix Philosophy is bottom-up, not top-down. It is pragmatic and grounded in experience... It encourages a sense of proportion and skepticism - and shows both by having a sense of (often subversive) humor. #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

A simple reminder of what The Unix Philosophy encourages in us: This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface. #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing. #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

[2/2] It is discoverable when it has facilities for monitoring and display of internal state so that your program not only functions well but can be seen to function well. #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

[1/2] A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately understand what it is doing and how.

The objective of designing for transparency and discoverability should also encourage simple interfaces that can easily be manipulated by other programs — in particular, test and monitoring harnesses and debugging scripts. #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

Because debugging often occupies three-quarters or more of development time, work done early to ease debugging can be a very good investment. A particularly effective way to ease debugging is to design for transparency and discoverability. #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

"Remember kids, the only difference between Science and screwing around is writing it down" —Alex Jason #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

[2/2] On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation! —Andy Hertzfeld #TAoUP #TUP #DOTaDIW

[1/2] It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking...

We should continually be striving to transform every art into a science: In the process, we advance the art. —Donald Knuth #TUP #DOTaDIW #TAoUP

Unix has a culture; it has a distinctive art of programming; and it carries with it a powerful design philosophy. Understanding these traditions will help you build better software, even if you're developing for a non-Unix platform. —ESR #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

The key to Everything is Patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg - Not by smashing it. —Arnold Glasow #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

The respect of Those That You Respect is worth more than the applause of the multitudes. —Arnold Glasow #TUP #TAoUP #DOWaDIW

The trouble with the Future is that it usually arrives before we're ready for it. —Arnold Glasow #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

Nothing splendid was ever created in Cold Blood. Heat is required to forget anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a Flaming Heart! —Arnold Glasow #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW

In Life, as in Football: You won't go far unless you know where The Goalposts are. —Arnold Glaso #TUP #TAoUP #DOTaDIW