Programmer Zen
Just read this quote and I loved it: >A beginning programmer writes her programs like an ant builds her hill, one piece at a time, without thought for the bigger structure. Her programs will be like loose sand. They may stand for a while, but growing too big they fall apart. > >Realizing this problem, the programmer will start to spend a lot of time thinking about structure. Her programs will be rigidly structured, like rock sculptures. They are solid, but when they must change, violence must be done to them. > >The master programmer knows when to apply structure and when to leave things in their simple form. Her programs are like clay, solid yet malleable. >– Master Yuan-Ma, The Book of Programming