P̶a̶i̶n̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ Software development quotes by Bob Ross
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Published: 2020-02-17 21:42:12

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"Uncle" Bob Ross was a TV personality and great ~~painter~~ _programmer_.

These are of the things he said about software development.

## ~~Friend~~ Merge Request

> “Gotta give him a ~~friend~~ _merge request_.
> Like I always say, ‘Everyone needs a ~~friend~~ _merge request_.’”

## ~~Tree~~ Code

> “There’s nothing wrong with having ~~a tree~~ _code_ as a ~~friend~~ _merge request_.”

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> “Talk to the ~~tree~~ _code_, make ~~friends~~ _merge requests_ with it.”

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> “In nature, dead ~~trees~~ _code_ are just as normal as live ~~trees~~ _code_.”

## ~~Happy~~ Hack

> “Isn’t it fantastic that you can change your mind and create all these ~~happy~~ _hacked_ things?”

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> “We don’t make mistakes. We just have ~~happy~~ _hacked_ accidents.”

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> “It’s so important to do something every day that will make you ~~happy~~ _hack_.”

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> “This is ~~happy~~ _hacky_ place; little ~~squirrels~~ _bugs_ live here and play.”

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> “You can do anything here — the only prerequisite is that it makes you ~~happy~~ _hack_.”

## ~~Painting~~ Programming

> “We tell people sometimes: We’re like drug dealers, come into town and get everybody absolutely addicted to ~~painting~~ _programming_.

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> “If I ~~paint~~ _program_ something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.”

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> “~~Painting~~ _Programming_ will bring a lot of good thoughts to your heart.”

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> “We want ~~happy paintings~~ _to hack programs_. If you want sad things, watch the news.”

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> “Every day is a good day when you ~~paint~~ _program_.”

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> “You have to allow the ~~paint~~ _program_ to break to make it beautiful.”

## ~~Pictures~~ App

> “I think each of us, sometime in our life, has wanted to ~~paint a picture~~ _program an app_.”

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> “You too can ~~paint~~ _program_ almighty ~~pictures~~ _apps_.”

## ~~Mountain~~ Repository

> “I taught my son to ~~paint mountains~~ _program repositories_ like these, and guess what?
>  Now he ~~paints~~ _programs_ the best darn ~~mountains~~ _repositories_ in the industry.”

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> “In ~~painting~~ _programming_, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move ~~mountains~~ repositories.
> But when I get home, the only thing I have power over is the garbage.”

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## ~~Artist~~ Developers

> “We ~~artists~~ _developers_ are a different breed of people. We’re a ~~happy~~ _hacky_ bunch.”

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> “I think there’s an ~~artist~~ _developer_ hidden at the bottom of every single one of us.” 

## ~~Canvas~~ IDE

> “Find freedom on this ~~canvas~~ _IDE_.”

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> “Make love to the ~~canvas~~ _IDE_.”

## ~~Anything~~ Development

> “The secret to doing ~~anything~~ _development_ is believing that you can do it. ”

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> “Talent is a pursued interest. ~~Anything~~ _Development_ that you’re willing to practice, you can do.”

## ~~Critic~~ Peer reviewer

> “They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers — just to upset the ~~critics~~ _peer reviewers_.”

## ~~Sky~~ Somebody else's servers

> “Remember how free clouds are. They just lay around in ~~the sky~~ _somebody else's servers_ all day long.”

## ~~Life~~ Software development process

> “It’s ~~life~~ _software development process_. It’s interesting. It’s fun.”

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> “Don’t forget to tell these special people in your ~~life~~ _software development process_ just how special they are to you.”

## ~~World~~ Browser

> “You can have anything you want in the ~~world~~ _browser_ — once you help everyone around you get what they want.”

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> “You can do anything you want to do. This is your ~~world~~ _browser_.”

## Software development in general

> “Just let go — and fall like a little waterfall.”

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> “We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”

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> “If you do too much, it’s going to lose its effectiveness.”

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> “Anytime you learn, you gain.”

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> “However you think it should be, that’s exactly how it should be.”