Hackers & Painters

{{Short description|Book by Paul Graham}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Hackers & Painters

| author = Paul Graham

| image = Hackers & Painters.jpg

| caption = Book cover

| publisher = O'Reilly Media

| pub_date = 2004

| isbn = 0-596-00662-4

| dewey = 005.1092

| congress = HD8039.D37

| oclc = 55499541

| pages = 271

| website = {{URL|http://www.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html}}

}}

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age is a collection of essays from Paul Graham discussing hacking, programming languages, start-up companies, and many other technological issues.{{cite web|title=Hackers & Painters - Paul Graham|url=http://www.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html|publisher=paulgraham.com|accessdate=15 March 2014}}{{cite web|last=Linster|first=Greg|title=Book Review: Hackers & Painters|url=http://coffeetheory.com/2010/11/15/book-review-hackers-painters/|publisher=coffeetheory.com|accessdate=15 March 2014|archive-date=28 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628112134/http://coffeetheory.com/2010/11/15/book-review-hackers-painters/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Delio|first=Michelle|title=Embracing the Art of Hacking|url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/05/63506?currentPage=all|publisher=wired.com|accessdate=15 March 2014}}{{cite web|last=Bradley|first=Tony|title=Book Review: Hackers and Painters|url=http://netsecurity.about.com/od/readbookreviews/fr/aapr080804.htm|publisher=netsecurity.about.com|accessdate=15 March 2014|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315201737/http://netsecurity.about.com/od/readbookreviews/fr/aapr080804.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Hackers & Painters|url=http://www.summary.com/book-reviews/_/Hackers-And-Painters/|publisher=summary.com|accessdate=15 March 2014|archive-date=28 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028061510/http://www.summary.com/book-reviews/_/Hackers-And-Painters/|url-status=dead}}

"Hackers & Painters" is also the title of one of those essays. The image on its cover is 'The Tower of Babel' by Pieter Bruegel.{{Cite web |last=Haigh |first=Seb |date=2017-11-22 |title=#BookAWeek: Hackers & Painters |url=https://medium.com/bookaweek/bookaweek-hackers-painters-97c468bf5477 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=bookaweek |language=en}}