Ory Okolloh Quotes

I think a lot of great software has been written by people who are scratching a short-term itch, something which has been niggling them for ages, but in the back of their mind they’ve got a wonderful long-term plan.

I'm really good at making software for publishing.

If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.

I know one business, and that's how to make software.

I designed and developed an unbelievable number of applications early in my life.

It gives you great pleasure to know that millions of developers, day to day, make their living using the software that you created.

A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.

The thing that the Microsoft folks did a really good job of is the easy-to-use tools for making application-building simple.

We're creating this new breed of techies who are going to be the ones starting the tech companies of the future.

Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.

As technologists, we all write code.

I don't like programming. It's tedious.

We can build a better product than Linux.

I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

Listening, Testing, Coding, Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.

Press releases are easier to write than code, and that is still easier than making a great product.

The autodecrement is not magical.

Every good work of software starts by scratching a developers personal itch.

There's no such thing as a simple cache bug.

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer.

Building Oracle is like doing math puzzles as a kid.