Farewell, Dr. Dobb's
This seems almost a perfect way to end. I grew up with Dr. Dobbs. It's hard for me to overstate the impact it had on me growing up. It maintained a high standard of quality and integrity.When I was a little kid, Dr. Dobbs was the only place to turn to for high-quality, in-depth, long-form content on programming. I was limited to the topics it covered. Today, I can search for thousands of blog posts on whatever interests me. I can read LKML. I can read LWN.What was once a niche is now mainstream. If Dr. Dobbs stuck around, it was going to go the way of Radio Shack. That would have been sad. As is, it was a good reign, and a big and positive impact on the world. Now that relevance is gone. The ongoing impact is tiny. It's a good time to move on.