Programmer's Creed

This is my program. There are many programs like it but this one is mine. My program is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my program is useless. Without my program, I am useless. I must code my program true. I must code better than my competition who is trying to beat me. I must release my program before he releases his.

My program and I know that what counts in this market is not the number of versions we release, the reach of our marketing, nor the downloads we get. We know that it is the satisfied customers that count.

My program is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its architecture, its data format, its components and its plug-ins. I will keep my program built and ready, even as I am ready. We will become part of each other.

Before Linus I swear this creed. My program and I are the leaders of our market. We are the masters of our competition. We are the saviors of our customers. So be it, until victory is ours and there are no more bugs, only happy users.