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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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Stop Watching Random Flutter Tutorials. Follow This Roadmap Instead.

#flutter #beginners #learning #mobile

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Devanshu Biswas

Jun 17

RAG-Fusion: Ask the Question Many Ways, Then Fuse the Ranks (RRF)

#ai #rag #llm #beginners

2 min read

Devanshu Biswas

Jun 17

I Rebuilt the Cmd-K Command Palette in ~60 Lines of JavaScript

#javascript #webdev #css #beginners

2 min read

Devanshu Biswas

Jun 17

What an LLM Actually Does: Predicting the Next Word, Explained

#ai #machinelearning #beginners #llm

2 min read

Jun 18

I'm 18 and I built an AI Pomodoro timer that actually forces you to study

#ai #webdev #productivity #beginners

2 min read

Debate Me

Jun 17

Build a Simple RSS Feed Widget in Vanilla JavaScript

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #beginners

7 min read

Jun 22

Estamos Confundindo Código com Software na Era da IA

#discuss #ai #beginners #software

7 min read

Toop Tools

Jun 17

I built a toolbox where your data never leaves the browser — 200+ tools, no servers

#webdev #ai #beginners #javascript

2 min read

Jun 17

My First article My Journey as a software engineer.....

#beginners #codenewbie #devjournal #learning

3 min read

Jun 17

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#webdev #javascript #beginners #ai

3 min read

Heitor Vasconcelos

Jun 22

Optimizing Django ORM Queries: A Practical Guide to select_related and prefetch_related

#webdev #programming #tutorial #beginners

5 min read

Dawn D

Jun 17

Understand .NET ConfigureAwait(), .Result and await

#beginners #csharp #dotnet #tutorial

2 min read

Zestminds Academy

Jun 17

Your MERN CRUD App Works, But Would It Survive Real Users?

#javascript #mern #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Jun 22

The `save_user()` that saves nothing: MISSING_WRITE bug in AI code

#python #ai #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Jun 21

The role AI actually eliminates

#systemdesign #ai #beginners #career

4 min read

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