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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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Diana

Feb 2

Networking 101: The Concepts Explained Simply 🌐

#devops #learning #networking #beginners

6 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 8

How to Land Your First Remote Developer Job in 2026 (From Someone Who Did It)

#career #beginners #programming #productivity

2 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Mar 8

The Side Project Graveyard: Why 90% of Developer Projects Die (And How to Ship Yours)

#discuss #programming #productivity #beginners

2 min read

Aviral Srivastava

Feb 16

Implementing GitOps with ArgoCD

#beginners #devops #kubernetes #tutorial

7 min read

Mar 8

Summary of insights into traditional CSS Grid & Flexbox

#css #beginners #cheatsheet

3 min read

Feb 25

Day 12 — I Built a File Safety Checker in Python (and Accidentally Learned How Malware Tricks Humans)

#python #beginners #linux #cybersecurity

3 min read

Thulasika Moorthy

Mar 8

The Night a Recruiter's Question Made Me Realize I Had It All Wrong

#programming #beginners #career #webdev

3 min read

Feb 2

Promises: estados, filas, encadeamento e relação com Event Loop

#beginners #javascript #tutorial #webdev

5 min read

Feb 2

I Built a SaaS in 30 Days — Here's What I Learned

#saas #webdev #beginners #productivity

2 min read

igbojionu

Feb 2

🟢 The Real Beginner’s Guide to How the Web Works

#beginners #codenewbie #tutorial #webdev

5 min read

Feb 3

Why I Built an AI Mock Interview Tool (And What I Learned About Technical Interviews)

#showdev #career #ai #beginners

3 min read

Feb 2

The 2026 Roadmap to Becoming a Software Developer

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

6 min read

avery

Feb 2

9. Flexbox

#webdev #programming #fullstack #beginners

2 min read

Feb 3

How to Build a Real-Time Taiwan Stock Scraper in 50 Lines of Python

#python #webscraping #automation #beginners

2 min read

Kathryn Grayson Nanz

Mar 4

AI Crash Course: AI, ML, LLM and More

#ai #beginners

6 min read

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