A list of my favorite quotes…
In a world where data is the coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there is no such thing as a secret.
so choose the representation that makes the most sense to you and your maintenance programmer when you write a code (by which we mean the poor chap who gets stuck trying to figure out what you meant when you wrote your code; most often, this poor chap is you, and you can’t recall why you did what you did three months ago).
Always expect the worst and hope for the best.
Virtualization is a layer in software. What are you abstracting away from?
Experts arose from their own urgent need to exist.