We invented AI to write pretty poems and draw cute pictures, so I have more time to take care of my laundry. It should be the other way around, right?

— Julian Hespenheide (Excerpt from an answer of an interview to Julian Hespenheide by Tim Rodenbröker)

This might sound funny at first, but technological limitation to me is anti-consumerist at best: Do companies hold back their inventions to turn more profit each cycle? How many billion people out there have the most advanced technology on them just for scrolling through Instagram and sending funny emojis on WhatsApp? Those devices are technically unlimited in every sense, yet no one takes the time to use them to any of their respective extents.

— Julian Hespenheide (Excerpt from an answer of an interview to Julian Hespenheide by Tim Rodenbröker)

Since you worked so hard to get here, I’ll bet you’re expecting a large reward. Well, with all the time I’ve spent down here, I’ve come to realize a few things…That the journey is its own reward and mastery is the greatest treasure of them all!,
Well, okay, so gold is pretty nice too!
— Yang (Excerpt from the Spelunky book, Part IV titled Spelunky Transcended)

I’m absolutely convinced that constraints are the most powerful driver for good ideas.
— Tim Rodenbroeker, on Efficiency vs. effectiveness: What happens when design ditches big tech?

Becoming a good engineer is about collecting experience. Each project, even small ones, is a chance to add new techniques and tools to your toolbox.
— Addy Osmani Becoming a good engineer is about collecting experience.