{"id":10334,"date":"2014-12-17T16:35:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2016-12-28T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T15:06:40","slug":"farewell-dr-dobbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/17\/farewell-dr-dobbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, Dr. Dobb’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Binstock<\/a>, enearly six years after the end of the print edition<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This year, our website will deliver almost 10.3 million page views, which is an unprecedented number for Dr. Dobb’s<\/em>. It’s up from 9 million last year and 8 million three years ago. That kind of growth is somewhat unusual for a site that has not changed its look or its mission, nor indulged in tawdry tricks like click-bait headlines or slideshows promising 9 quick tips for choosing a coding style. The numbers confirm that there is a deep thirst in the programmer community for long-form technical content featuring algorithms and code, as well as strong demand for explanations of new developer technologies and reliable reviews of books and tools. <\/p>

If I were so inclined, this might be the right time for me to move on, and so leave, as they say in sports, “at the top of my game.” And indeed I will be leaving Dr. Dobb’s<\/em> at the end of the year. But it would be more accurate to say that it is Dr. Dobb’s<\/em> that is leaving: Our parent company, United Business Media (UBM), has decided to sunset Dr. Dobb’s<\/em>. “Sunset” sounds like a marketing euphemism to avoid saying “closing down,” but in this context, it has a specific meaning that “closing” does not convey. That is, that there will be no new content after year end; however, all current content will be accessible and links to existing Dr. Dobb’s<\/em> articles will continue to work correctly. It is the equivalent of a product coming to end of life. It still runs, but no new features will be added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michael Swaine<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I never gave up on #DDJ. Just started doing the same thing under a different banner. theprosegarden.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Matt Rosoff<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Brutal times for tech trade publications. 10.3m pageviews\/year not enough to keep Dr Dobbs alive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the other hand, one-man operation Daring Fireball gets 4–5 million page views per month<\/a>, so it’s totally believable that less than 1 million per month would not be enough to fund a whole magazine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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