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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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uni928

Feb 13

Practical baseline safeguards for ChatGPT-powered services

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

Xin Xu

Feb 13

Project: Building "Mini-C4" — A Production-Grade LLM Pre-training Pipeline 🏗️

#ai #opensource #learning #beginners

3 min read

Feb 13

🔄 Loops in Python: Why My Brain Kept Going in Circles

#python #beginners #programming #logic

2 min read

Feb 17

Hoisting in let and const : Understanding the Temporal Dead Zone

#javascript #webdev #beginners #learning

4 min read

Mar 7

What Is Docker and Why Is It Important in DevOps?

#devops #docker #cloud #beginners

1 min read

shavkatovbexzod C++

Feb 13

C++ Data types va Varibles.

#beginners #cpp #programming #tutorial

1 min read

Feb 13

How I Deployed My Node.js App on a VPS With a Custom Domain & Free SSL

#beginners #devops #node #tutorial

3 min read

Jim L

Mar 19

I Tracked My AI Subscription Spending for 3 Months — The Numbers Were Brutal

#ai #productivity #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Kriti

Mar 19

Thoughts on DSA and math as we have been taught since years...

#dsa #programming #beginners #competativeprogramming

3 min read

Abirami Prabhakar

Mar 19

To Sort 0s, 1s, and 2s

#python #dsa #beginners

1 min read

Narayana

Feb 13

Content marketing that actually works for devs (5 proven ideas)

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Dayan Dean

Feb 12

Krav Maga in NYC for Beginners Who Have No Athletic Background

#watercooler #beginners #learning

4 min read

Xin Xu

Feb 13

Recaptioning: Upgrading Your Image-Text Data for Better Model Alignment 🚀

#ai #opensource #learning #beginners

3 min read

Shahrouz Nikseresht

Feb 26

Basic Type Conversion in Python Explained Simply

#python #beginners #tutorial #programming

1 min read

Mar 19

APIs, Data, and Privacy: Coding Solutions for Modern Marketing Analytics

#webdev #ai #productivity #beginners

2 min read

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