"The mark of a mature programmer is the willingness to throw out the code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless"

"The trick is to fix the problem you have, rather than the problem you want."

"Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor, detect drug use, or eavesdrop. I am not naive enough to think any of those technologies could enable a 'compromise'."

"You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use."

"Things which any idiot could write usually have the quality of having been written by an idiot."

"My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters."

"I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy."

"A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal."

"I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right."

"I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team."