On the same theme as yesterday's quotable:
Software needs an editor like a writer needs an editor or a museum needs a curator.
-- Jason Fried
October 2007 Archives
Once you get a piece of code to the point where you believe it works - it’s passing its tests - go back over it and edit it. That is, go back and edit it for clarity, flow, and style. Just as if it were an essay.
-- Michael McCracken [via Daring Fireball]
