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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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30 Days of Terraform – Day 1: Introduction to Infrastructure as Code

#terraform #tutorial #devops #beginners

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Machine Learning for Everyone: A Book Review

#beginners #machinelearning #resources

3 min read

wanjiang

Dec 24 '25

I scraped 6,000+ n8n workflows and built a search engine with interactive previews

#n8n #webdev #ai #beginners

2 min read

Aisalkyn Aidarova

Dec 24 '25

linux day #1

#beginners #linux #tutorial

17 min read

TROJAN

Dec 13 '25

I Stopped Chasing Features and Started Designing Systems

#webdev #programming #productivity #beginners

1 min read

Pavel Sanikovich

Dec 24 '25

Stop Using Go Channels as Queues — Here’s the Correct Mental Model

#go #beginners #programming #concurrency

5 min read

Dec 24 '25

🧠 Lazy Loading: Fixing Performance or Hiding It?

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

1 min read

Chandrashekhar Kachawa

Nov 21 '25

Finding and Fixing Python Bottlenecks with Scalene

#python #programming #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Steven Hur

Dec 12 '25

Escaping Localhost

#beginners #devjournal #opensource

2 min read

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#beginners #java #career #webdev

3 min read

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How I Built a Free YouTube Thumbnail Prompt Generator (and Why Most Thumbnails Fail)

#ai #webdev #productivity #beginners

2 min read

SAINAPEI LENAPUNYA

Nov 20 '25

Day 5: Arithmetic Operators - Python as Your Calculator - 30 Days of Python Challenge

#python #beginners #arithmeticoperator

3 min read

Julio Santacruz

Dec 24 '25

🚀Los 7 Métodos para proteger tus APIs que debes conocer

#webdev #programming #beginners #backend

4 min read

Nov 21 '25

Statistics Day 7 : Hypothesis Testing Made Super Simple

#beginners #datascience #machinelearning #ai

3 min read

Dec 3 '25

Mastering Jenkins: From Pipeline Rookie to DevOps Hero 🎭

#beginners #programming #devops #jenkins

5 min read

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