Dr. Dobb's 38-Year Run Comes To an End

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @11:01AM from the farewell-and-thanks dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Dr. Dobb's — long time icon of programming magazines — "sunsets" at the end of the year. Editor Andrew Binstock says despite growing traffic numbers, the decline in revenue from ads means there will be no new content posted after 2014 ends. (The site will stay up for at least a year, hopefully longer.) Younger people may not care, but for the hard core old guys, it marks the end of a world where broad knowledge of computers and being willing to create solutions instead of reuse them was valuable. Binstock might disagree; he said, "As our page views show, the need for an independent site with in-depth articles, code, algorithms, and reliable product reviews is still very much present. And I will dearly miss that content. I wish I could point you to another site that does similar work, but alas, I know of none."

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Sunset Dr. Dobbs by smittyoneeach · 2014-12-16 11:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Sunset Dr. Dobbs
Ye nattering nabobs
Who'd prefer cleanshaven
Java refactoring jobs
Burma Shave

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I know one.... by Prien715 · 2014-12-16 14:01 · Score: 4, Funny

"I wish I could point you to another site that does similar work, but alas, I know of none."
You mean you haven't read Bennett's high-quality journalism?

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