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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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Norah

Dec 17 '25

Why File Units Still Matter in a Pixel‑Based World

#productivity #design #beginners

2 min read

Synonymes Maison

Nov 12 '25

Ma première extension Chrome... Synonymes Maison

#showdev #javascript #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Nov 13 '25

Tcpdump and SNAT on Linux NAT Server: Why Outgoing SNAT Packets Don’t Appear in Captures (and How to Fix It)

#beginners #linux #tooling #networking

3 min read

Nov 14 '25

Build a FastAPI Service in Under 10 Minutes (Perfect for Automation Workflows)

#python #beginners #productivity #webdev

2 min read

Nov 12 '25

OOP Under the Hood: Prototypes, new, and More

#beginners #javascript #tutorial

4 min read

Elenndev

Nov 12 '25

Stop Storing Secrets in Your Frontend .env File

#frontend #security #beginners #webdev

2 min read

The Duchess of Hackers

Dec 5 '25

Do You Really Know How the Web Works? A Simple Breakdown for Every New Backend Developer web-architecture backend infrastructure

#webdev #backenddevelopment #programming #beginners

2 min read

Polliog

Dec 14 '25

Open Source Licenses Explained: The Good, The Bad, and The "Wait, Can I Actually Use This?"

#discuss #opensource #programming #beginners

8 min read

Pavel Sanikovich

Dec 16 '25

Concurrency in Go Is Easy — Until You Get It Wrong

#go #beginners #programming #concurrency

5 min read

Somay

Dec 17 '25

Day 11: Late Start and Bike Accidents

#programming #ai #productivity #beginners

2 min read

Nov 12 '25

Introducing eventsourcing.dev: A Clear Guide to Event Sourcing

#resources #architecture #beginners #eventsourcing

2 min read

Arindam Majumder for Tensorlake

Dec 16 '25

I Tried Letting Antigravity Build An Agent For Me. Here’s What Actually Happened

#ai #javascript #beginners #productivity

8 min read

Carl Max

Nov 13 '25

Common Techniques Used in White Box Testing Explained

#beginners #softwaredevelopment #testing

5 min read

Vikas Solegaonkar

Nov 13 '25

The Internet of Things

#data #learning #iot #beginners

26 min read

Dec 16 '25

I was tired of noisy secret scanners, so I built a smarter one in Go (SecScan v2.2)

#security #opensource #beginners #go

2 min read

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