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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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I built a free browser-based character counter — here's what I learned

#javascript #webdev #beginners #tools

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#a11y #beginners #html #webdev

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Jun 22

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#ai #webdev #programming #beginners

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Devanshu Biswas

Jun 22

K-Means From Scratch: Finding Groups With No Labels

#machinelearning #ai #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Devanshu Biswas

Jun 22

Transformers From Scratch: Assembling the Block Behind GPT

#machinelearning #deeplearning #ai #beginners

1 min read

Devanshu Biswas

Jun 22

HyDE: Search With a Hypothetical Answer, Not the Question

#ai #rag #llm #beginners

1 min read

Devanshu Biswas

Jun 22

I Built Connect Four With a Minimax AI (Vanilla JS)

#javascript #gamedev #webdev #beginners

1 min read

Devanshu Biswas

Jun 22

Embeddings: Turning Meaning Into Numbers

#ai #llm #machinelearning #beginners

1 min read

fluidwire

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Why Email Uses the @ Symbol

#iot #webdev #programming #beginners

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#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #java

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Short polling ,Long polling And SSE

#api #beginners #systemdesign #webdev

2 min read

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The Invisible Duct Tape of the Internet: Backend Tools You Hear About But Never Fully Get

#beginners #webdev #programming #productivity

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kumar

Jun 22

Python Operators Complete Guide for Beginners

#programming #tutorial #beginners #python

3 min read

Jun 22

Distributions and Their Impact on Data Science

#beginners #data #datascience #machinelearning

3 min read

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