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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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Jan 1

📞 DNS Explained Like You're 5

#eli5 #web #networking #beginners

1 min read

Shivakumar

Jan 5

Linux Kernel Basics: User Space vs. Kernel Space, System Calls, strace (debugging processes).

#architecture #beginners #devops #linux

5 min read

Jan 13

Networking 101 #2. How the Internet actually works

#devops #networking #cloud #beginners

4 min read

alexrai

Jan 2

REST API Testing Explained: Tools, Strategy, and Best Practices

#webdev #ai #javascript #beginners

8 min read

Rushikesh Langale

Jan 2

What Is AIOps? A Beginner’s Guide to AI-Driven IT Operations

#beginners #ai #monitoring #devops

6 min read

Jan 2

Getting Started with Docker

#docker #devops #tutorial #beginners

1 min read

Jan 2

Coding Practice Roadmap for College Students: Learn Programming

#coding #webdev #programming #beginners

5 min read

Mirko Scapellato

Jan 1

Google Cloud: la Gerarchia delle Risorse

#architecture #beginners #googlecloud

4 min read

Jan 25

Plugins: Share Your Entire Claude Code Setup With One Command

#tutorial #claudecode #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Lucas Wade

Jan 1

Handling Real-Time Sensor Data in Wearable Apps

#webdev #wearableappdevelopment #programming #beginners

5 min read

Zak M

Feb 4

Hi... Introducing myself

#beginners #career #cloud #codenewbie

1 min read

Priya dharshini

Jan 2

How SEO Can Make or Break Your Online Store (2026 Edition)

#programming #webdev #ai #beginners

2 min read

Jan 15

Your Guide to Letting AI Run Your App (For Beginners)

#ai #webdev #programming #beginners

23 min read

Harish Kotra (he/him)

Jan 1

Building Andrej Karpathy's LLM Council but with Gaia Nodes: A Privacy-First Alternative to Traditional LLM APIs

#programming #ai #javascript #beginners

4 min read

Gabriel Machado

Feb 5

A Arte da Intencionalidade: Como moldar seus estudos e projetos para o objetivo que você quer alcançar.

#career #beginners #java #learning

2 min read

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