Tobias Lutke Quotes

I got interested in computers and how they could be enslaved to the megalomaniac impulses of a teenager.

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Coding is like writing, and we live in a time of the new industrial revolution. What's happened is that maybe everybody knows how to use computers, like they know how to read, but they don't know how to write.

I did not grow up around computers, so technology was not a tool used every day in my household. I was drawn to computer science due to the creative nature of programming and the technology focus.

I grew up as a computer scientist, and I've always been fascinated by algorithms.

Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy.

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

I've been fascinated with technology since I was a boy banging around on my father's adding machine. Back then I'd type in an equation, the device made some cool noises, and out came my answer. I was hooked.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

I'm not technical.

Sometimes it's not always about what you can see or hear but what's under the hood of a game that's most impressive. Between those thousands and thousands of lines of code, magic happens. Sometimes the most amazing feats of gaming wizardry happen without you even noticing.