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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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Kunal

Mar 20

Map & Set: The Underrated Heroes of JavaScript

#javascript #webdev #programming #beginners

3 min read

Apr 23

I compared 4 Chinese LLMs – DeepSeek can be as low as 1/50 the price of OpenAI (and here’s a gateway to use them overseas)

#api #deepseek #beginners #buildinpublic

4 min read

Prashik besekar

Mar 20

EC2 vs Lambda — When to Use Which (With Real Examples)

#beginners #python #cloud #devops

6 min read

Narayana

Mar 20

Meal Prep for Devs: 5 Simple Systems That Actually Work

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Mar 24

A Day in the Life of a Data Engineer (Real Talk, No Filter)

#dataengineering #career #beginners #sql

5 min read

Mar 20

Squares of a Sorted Array

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #tutorial

2 min read

AlertSleep

Apr 12

What 99.9% Uptime Actually Means: 8.7 Hours of Downtime Per Year

#webdev #devops #sre #beginners

4 min read

Apr 23

Essential DevTools Every Go Developer Should Know

#go #devtools #beginners

4 min read

Derlys

Mar 17

Onelingo MVP: Lo que aprendí cuando mi app de idiomas no salió como esperaba (Post-Mortem)

#webdev #tutorial #learnings #beginners

3 min read

OpenClaw Challenge Submission 🦞

Aditya

Apr 22

I Built a Personal AI Engineer Using OpenClaw That Actually Helps Me Ship Faster

#devchallenge #openclawchallenge #ai #beginners

3 min read

Mar 21

I Built 7 Interactive Comparison Tools for Malaysian Life Admin — Here's What I Learned

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Apr 22

Stop Memorizing the PDU names — Understand It Like Amazon Delivery

#beginners #learning #networking #tutorial

3 min read

Akhilesh

Apr 23

16. Why AI Needs Math (And Why You Already Know Enough)

#ai #productivity #beginners #python

5 min read

Prithvee Raj Singh

Apr 23

Starting From Zero — Again

#beginners #webdev #learning #theodinproject

1 min read

Mohammed

Apr 12

I built a Steam achievement tracker & game explorer

#programming #node #backend #beginners

2 min read

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