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submission guidelines

UPDATED AUGUST 2, 2019

This tag is dedicated to beginners to programming, development, networking, or to a particular language. Everything should be geared towards that!

For Questions...

Consider using this tag along with #help, if...

You are new to a language, or to programming in general,
You want an explanation with NO prerequisite knowledge required.
You want insight from more experienced developers.

Please do not use this tag if you are merely new to a tool, library, or framework.

See also, #explainlikeimfive

For Articles...

Posts should be specifically geared towards true beginners (experience level 0-2 out of 10).
Posts should require NO prerequisite knowledge, except perhaps general (language-agnostic) essentials of programming.
Posts should NOT merely be for beginners to a tool, library, or framework.

If your article does not meet these qualifications, please select a different tag.

Promotional Rules

Posts should NOT primarily promote an external work. This is what Listings is for.
Otherwise accepable posts MAY include a brief (1-2 sentence) plug for another resource at the bottom.
Resource lists ARE acceptable if they follow these rules:
- Include at least 3 distinct authors/creators.
- Clearly indicate which resources are FREE, which require PII, and which cost money.
- Do not use personal affiliate links to monetize.
- Indicate at the top that the article contains promotional links.

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Caio Duque

Mar 30

Kodekloud Engineer 100 Days of Devops - Day 1: Linux User Setup with Non-Interactive Shell

#devops #linux #beginners #braziliandevs

2 min read

nabihba

Mar 9

I watched my classmates give up on coding because of errors they didn't understand. So I built something.

#webdev #ai #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

Frank A

Mar 12

The day I realized I didn't actually know Linux

#linux #security #beginners #devops

3 min read

zeromathai

Apr 11

Logical Reasoning Systems in AI: How AI Represents Knowledge, Uses First-Order Logic, and Reasons Step by Step

#ai #machinelearning #programming #beginners

2 min read

Mar 8

Statistical Edge: How to Know If Your Strategy Actually Works

#trading #statistics #datascience #beginners

2 min read

Ashish Ghildiyal

Apr 11

What is Coercion? How it works internally.

#beginners #javascript

2 min read

Noel Mwami

Apr 11

SQL Concepts and Practical Application

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

2 min read

Christina Sharon S

Mar 21

Squares of a Sorted Array

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #python

2 min read

Bimsara

Mar 7

Programming foundation - data types at bit level

#programming #productivity #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Kunal

Mar 8

Stop Writing Bad JavaScript! Master if, else, and switch in 5 Minutes

#javascript #programming #productivity #beginners

3 min read

David

Apr 10

i cancelled ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Copilot. here's the $0/month stack that replaced all three.

#ai #opensource #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Mar 12

How I Made Claude Actually Understand My Codebase

#ai #claude #webdev #beginners

7 min read

zeromathai

Apr 11

How to Understand AI: Agents, Search, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

#ai #machinelearning #deeplearning #beginners

6 min read

Ali Afana

Apr 8

My AI Kept Recommending Pajamas for Date Night — Here's Why

#ai #webdev #javascript #beginners

6 min read

Mar 8

How I Built a Phishing Email Analyzer That Scores Risk 0–100

#cybersecurity #python #security #beginners

4 min read

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