Profile of Andrew Binstock

Editor-in-chief, Dr. Dobb's Journal Member Since: 11/15/2013
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News & Commentary Posts: 25
Comments: 30

Prior to joining Dr. Dobb's Journal, Andrew Binstock worked as a technology analyst, as well as a columnist for SD Times, a reviewer for InfoWorld, and the editor of UNIX Review. Before that, he was a senior manager at Price Waterhouse. He began his career in software development.

The Long Death Of Project Hosting Sites

12/10/2014
Last month, Microsoft and Google bypassed their own code hosts to post major code projects on GitHub. The once-favored hosts have begun a long, familiar decline.
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Mobile Platforms: The Truth About Third Place

11/20/2014
In software development, being the #3 platform in the mobile market is as good as being last.
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Microsoft .NET's Sudden Ubiquity

11/14/2014
In a too-good-to-be-true turn of events for enterprises, Microsoft ports .NET development framework to Linux and Mac OS and open-sources the entire .NET stack.
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In Search Of Agile Architecture

11/5/2014
Despite years of refinement, Agile development still does not include architecture and design.
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Amazon and Microsoft Clouds: Who's Playing Catch-Up?

10/30/2014
Amazon and Microsoft clouds leave HP, IBM, and Google struggling with developers. Here's why.
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Jolt Awards: Best New Books For Developers

9/25/2014
From our sister site Dr. Dobb's, the Jolt awards honor the best books of the past 12 months.
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Developers Suffer As Documentation Vanishes

9/25/2014
Paltry documentation for developer tools greatly diminishes our ability to work well in subtle but important ways.
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Agile's Successor: Continuous Delivery

9/17/2014
Traditional Agile methods have evolved quickly to address current programming needs. Continuous delivery mixed with select Agile practices equals the preferred way forward.
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Programming Languages Can't Beat Version 6 Curse

9/4/2014
Major programming languages often don't make it to version 6, but if they do, they arrive wounded and badly scarred. Why is that?
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The Internet Of Overhyped Things

8/27/2014
Vendors and analysts would have us believe that the Internet of Things is imminent. In fact it will be years before the obstacles it faces can be surmounted.
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Remote Learning: Intriguing Options Emerge

8/14/2014
Despite various drawbacks, remote courses (both for credit and for pure learning) are becoming the emerging norm. Understand the options.
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Getting Back To Coding

7/31/2014
Reducing tool complexity requires mercilessly applying YAGNI (you aren't gonna need it). Resist "featuritis" and choose the tools that deliver only what you need.
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Just Let Me Code!

7/24/2014
Managing the complexity of development toolchains -- from SCM, to the build tools, to the testing, to the deployment stack -- now so overwhelms the developer experience, it's hard to get any real programming done.
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Google's API Riddle

7/2/2014
Google services are everywhere -- but the company's lack of long-term commitment to products and APIs make it tough to know which ones to include in new apps.
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Redmond's Remarkable Reversal With Developers

6/26/2014
Microsoft, facing significant risks in the post-PC era, has made surprising changes to the way it works with developers.
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Apple's Swift Language: Not All Positive

6/10/2014
Apple's new language, Swift, will be welcomed by developers primarily as an antidote to working in Objective-C. But Apple's continued insistence on a closed ecosystem is a missed opportunity.
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Developer Salaries 2014: Show Me The Money

5/19/2014
Survey of more than 2,200 U.S. developers shows salaries in a well-paid field are nudging up as the economy picks up steam.
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Open Source's Deep-Seated Conflict

5/7/2014
Heartbleed showed that it doesn't matter whether open source projects can patch bugs faster. The real issue is whether they can generate enough revenue to stay alive.
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BASIC Turns 50: A Love/Hate Story

4/30/2014
We look back on BASIC's 50 years of attracting -- and repelling -- new programmers.
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Internet Of Things Will Demand Continuous Development

4/17/2014
The Internet of Things will add so much programmability to devices that keeping software current will become a never-ending task.
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The Corruption Of Agile Development

3/19/2014
What was intended as a set of personal practices has become a doctrine. And despite the mainstream adoption of Agile, the loss of its original intent has undermined its effectiveness.
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The JavaScript Alternatives

3/14/2014
Three languages compete to make JavaScript easier to write and faster to execute. Which to choose?
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Financial Truths About The .NET Development Ecosystem

2/13/2014
Microsoft's high prices for dev tools fund a cottage industry that has no parallel in computing.
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IBM Sells Its Business Machines: Takeaway Lessons

1/29/2014
You've seen IT silver bullets come and go before? Make no mistake: IBM truly expects data centers to move to the cloud.
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The Rise And Fall Of Programming Languages

1/22/2014
Here's what happened in 2013 to C, Java, Objective-C, C++, C#, PHP, Visual Basic, and Python.
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