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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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Mike Davis

Feb 5

Git Commands I Wish I Knew Earlier

#git #beginners #productivity #tutorial

4 min read

Feb 27

Your Resume Passed ATS. Here Is Why You Are Still Getting Ghosted

#career #resume #jobsearch #beginners

3 min read

Ankit Dey

Mar 11

How AI Actually Learns: The Training Story Nobody Tells You (Day 2/30 - Beginner AI Series)

#explainlikeimfive #ai #programming #beginners

5 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 11

LinkedIn for Developers: The Profile Optimization Guide That Actually Works

#career #linkedin #beginners #webdev

2 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 11

Your First 90 Days as a Developer: The Survival Playbook

#career #beginners #webdev #programming

2 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 11

How to Build a Developer Portfolio That Gets You Hired

#career #portfolio #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Mar 11

6 files that make Claude Code actually useful

#tutorial #beginners #learning

14 min read

Patrick G. Kinyua

Feb 10

MASTERING DATA MODELING IN POWER BI: A FRIENDLY GUIDE TO SCHEMAS AND WHY THEY MATTER

#beginners #dataengineering #microsoft #tutorial

4 min read

ValPetal Tech Labs

Feb 5

Javascript # Question of the Day #12 [Talk::Overflow]

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Ebenezer

Mar 11

The Object Reference Trap That Tricks Many Developers

#javascript #beginners #webdev #programming

3 min read

Made Me The Dev

Mar 11

My typing game scored 41 on Lighthouse. Two days later it hit 100. Here's every fix.

#webdev #beginners #performance #javascript

5 min read

Arulnidhi Karunanidhi

Feb 9

Part 1: Foundations - Why Memory Matters in AI

#ai #beginners #llm #machinelearning

5 min read

Prasun Chakraborty

Feb 6

Demystifying the Web 1: The Journey of a web page

#webdev #javascript #beginners #architecture

7 min read

Mar 11

JavaScript Arrays 101

#javascript #beginners #chaicode2026

3 min read

Narayana

Feb 5

Budget Phones That Don't Suck for Developers (2024)

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

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