Aforismos / Aphorisms

A curated collection of quotes that shaped my journey and way of thinking.

English

All models are wrong, but some are useful.

— George Box, Robustness in the Strategy of Scientific Model Building (1979)

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

— Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia

Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.

— W. Edwards Deming, **

The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data.

— John Tukey, Sunset Salvo (1986)

A data scientist is someone who is better at statistics than any software engineer and better at software engineering than any statistician.

— Josh Wills, Twitter

Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

— Donald Knuth, Computer Programming as an Art (1974)

Make it work, make it right, make it fast.

— Kent Beck, **

Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.

— Alan Kay, **

In God we trust; all others must bring data.

— W. Edwards Deming, **

Wisdom is the intellection of invisible principles that govern the universe before their practical occurrence.

— Unknown, **

Agentic programming with LLMs is to Software Engineering what Ozempic is to fitness and health; for better or for worse.

— Flavio Clesio, Blog

Português

Sabedoria é inteligir princípios invisíveis que regem o universo antes da ocorrência prática.

— Desconhecido, **

A programação agêntica com LLMs está para a Engenharia de Software da mesma maneira que o Ozempic está para a boa forma e fitness; seja para o bem ou para o mal.

— Flavio Clesio, Blog