Deleted code is debugged code.
Incorrect documentation is often worse than no documentation.
When working on a problem, think only how to solve it. If the solution is not simple and has no inner beauty such as art, it is wrong.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law.
Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.