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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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Alex Chen

May 28

Git Workflows: From Solo to Team (2026)

#beginners #cli #git #tutorial

6 min read

May 28

Understanding Loops, Conditions, and Real-World Logic Through a Train Journey

#python #programming #beginners #learning

5 min read

zhihu wu

May 24

How Loan Amortization Actually Works (and How to Save Thousands)

#webdev #beginners #tutorial #productivity

2 min read

May 25

"Why You're Not Getting Callbacks (It's Not Your Skills)"

#javascript #beginners #programming #webdev

5 min read

May 24

Title: My Journey Into SEO: Documentation, Challenges, and What’s Next Tags: #SEO #beginners #growth #learning

#beginners #learning #marketing #webdev

2 min read

Devanshu Biswas

May 23

I Built a Text-to-Image Search Engine That Runs Entirely in the Browser

#ai #machinelearning #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Lingdas1

May 24

👻 Crash #1: The Gateway Ghost — When Your AI Pretends to Work

#ai #beginners #story #productivity

2 min read

CalciQ.app

May 24

SIP vs FD Technical Comparison + Where to Park Cash

#ai #jellyfin #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Lingdas1

May 24

🏗️ Day 1: I Almost Bought a Phone for AI (And Other Beginner Mistakes)

#ai #beginners #story #productivity

2 min read

May 28

Hands-on Azure Entra ID Lab: User Creation, Role Assignment & Privilege Revocation

#azure #beginners #security #tutorial

3 min read

Lingdas1

May 24

AI Is Too Expensive? I Run It for Free on My Laptop

#ai #beginners #opensource #productivity

5 min read

May 28

I Built an App That Maps Any GitHub Repo : Because I Was Tired of Feeling Lost in Code

#opensource #webdev #ai #beginners

8 min read

May 28

Stage 0.3 — Windows Fundamentals

#beginners #cybersecurity #microsoft #tutorial

36 min read

May 28

How to Identify Hash Types: A Step-by-Step Guide

#security #cryptography #beginners #tutorial

6 min read

May 24

Chai aur HTML — A Beginner's Complete Guide

#html #webdev #beginners #frontend

5 min read

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