A data structure is just a stupid programming language. -- Ralph William Gosper

Nine people can't make a baby in a month. -- Frederick P. Brooks

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time. -- Linus Torvalds

At the very least the option to require alt-text should be ON by default, and you have to make a conscious effort if you want to turn it off.

The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

Premature optimizations can be troublesome to revert, but premature generalizations are often near impossible. -- Emil Persson

Tests are the Programmer's stone, transmuting fear into boredom. -- Kent Beck

Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people’s mistakes. -- David Wheeler

The cost of adding a feature isn’t just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. […] The trick is to pick the features that don’t fight each other. -- John Carmack

To be really honest the last Star Trek game I had real fun with was Elite Force/Elite Force 2 FPS released (omfg!) 20 years ago. Even today it looks pretty good.