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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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Tom Herbin

Mar 14

5 AI Vulnerabilities Most Developers Miss (And How to Find Them)

#security #ai #programming #beginners

3 min read

Mar 14

The AI Engineering Stack in 2026: What to Learn First

#ai #career #python #beginners

7 min read

Mar 16

Day 16 of 100

#challenge #python #programming #beginners

1 min read

Guardr

Mar 15

What Does a Website Security Score Mean?

#websecurity #security #webdev #beginners

7 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

I Built a Multi-Agent LLM Orchestrator That Runs Claude, GPT, and Gemini in Parallel

#ai #beginners #llm #architecture

5 min read

Salma Aga Shaik

Mar 15

Understand Hadoop and Apache Spark

#beginners #data #dataengineering #distributedsystems

4 min read

Oladimeji Zainab

Mar 15

Launching Your First EC2 Instance on AWS: A Step-by-Step Guide for Cloud Engineers

#cloudcomputing #awschallenge #ec2 #beginners

4 min read

Tala Amm

Mar 15

10 Skills That Every Junior Developer MUST Have in 2026

#programming #career #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Sospeter Mong'are

Mar 15

How to Run Multiple PHP Versions on Windows and Switch Easily

#php #laravel #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Salma Aga Shaik

Mar 15

Understanding Hadoop Architecture

#architecture #beginners #dataengineering #distributedsystems

2 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

I Hired 10 AI Agents to Build a Mentoring Platform — 6 Sessions, 1,289 Tool Calls

#showdev #ai #beginners #nextjs

6 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

I Built a Full Dental Clinic Website in 8 Minutes with Claude Code

#ai #webdev #beginners #productivity

4 min read

jidonglab

Mar 15

I Misconfigured One Claude Code Hook and It Ran 25 Times in a Loop

#ai #claudecode #beginners #productivity

4 min read

Guyo

Mar 15

SQL Joins and Window Functions: The Tools That Changed How I Query Data

#beginners #data #database #sql

7 min read

Shashank Trivedi

Feb 9

Code Anti-Patterns and Best Practices Guide

#beginners #codequality #softwareengineering #typescript

2 min read

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