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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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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Mar 15

My Complete Developer Setup in 2026 (Laptop, Tools, Workflow)

#development #productivity #beginners #programming

21 min read

Harish Kotra (he/him)

Feb 20

I Built a Local LLM Evaluator That Compares Models Side-by-Side - Here's How

#ai #programming #javascript #beginners

7 min read

Vıɔk A Hıƃnıʇɐ C.

Feb 20

Realmente no conoces la POO, el calefactor si♨️

#abstract #programming #bases #beginners

5 min read

Mar 26

From Data collecting to Data Understanding: My First week Of Learning Excel

#beginners #data #learning #microsoft

3 min read

Ben Link

Mar 26

The Adventures of Blink S5e4: The Paddle and the Ball

#python #programming #buildinpublic #beginners

1 min read

Abirami Prabhakar

Mar 25

How a Request Travels from Client to Server

#networking #beginners

2 min read

Abirami Prabhakar

Mar 25

How DNS resolver is happening.

#beginners #networking

1 min read

Valentin

Feb 20

Two Weeks, Four Providers, One Decision: How I Chose a Payment System for My SaaS

#saas #startup #webdev #beginners

7 min read

Mar 26

Hot take: most developers don’t need more AI tools, they need better judgment

#discuss #beginners #programming #productivity

1 min read

Sarvar Yo'ldashov

Mar 26

Accessibility (a11y)

#a11y #beginners #ux #webdev

5 min read

Feb 20

Eating Healthy as a Tech Worker: A Practical Framework

#discuss #healthtech #productivity #beginners

5 min read

SnapDeploy

Feb 20

Docker Explained for Non-DevOps Developers

#docker #beginners #devops #tutorial

3 min read

Mar 26

Top Web Scraping Tools and Frameworks in 2026: Scrapy, Selenium, Playwright, BeautifulSoup, and More

#python #webdev #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Mar 26

BeautifulSoup Web Scraping Tutorial in 2026: From Basics to Advanced Techniques

#python #tutorial #beginners #webdev

4 min read

Dakshim Chhabra

Mar 15

Building a Spin Wheel - Part 1, Random Digits in Javascript: Crypto.getRandomValues()

#javascript #beginners

2 min read

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