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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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SEN LLC

Apr 11

Every Time Format At Once: A Converter That Stops the Unix-Seconds-or-Milliseconds Dance

#javascript #webdev #datetime #beginners

4 min read

Apr 11

My First Week with SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Building, Filling, and Querying a Real Database

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

7 min read

Ryan Qi

Apr 11

Your risk model passes all its tests. It will still blow up in a crisis.

#showdev #python #beginners #webdev

4 min read

SEN LLC

Apr 11

I Built a Side-by-Side Base64 / URL / HTML / Encoder and Finally Stopped Confusing Them

#javascript #webdev #encoding #beginners

5 min read

Apr 11

sql.Open() doesn't open anything

#beginners #database #go #sql

2 min read

Samarth Bhamare

Apr 12

everything i wish someone told me before i started using claude

#claude #ai #beginners #productivity

5 min read

Apr 12

Understanding CIDR Notation

#beginners #computerscience #networking #tutorial

2 min read

dev koan

Apr 11

The Meeting Skill No Coding Bootcamp Teaches You

#discuss #career #productivity #beginners

3 min read

krit.k83 (ΚρητικόςIGB)

Apr 11

I launched an open source CLI tool with zero audience — here's what happened in 10 days

#showdev #opensource #python #beginners

3 min read

Tman

Apr 11

Refactoring English: A mathematically compressed dialect to bridge the gap between human and machine logic.

#ai #beginners #machinelearning #englicode

3 min read

Apr 11

Quark's Outlines: Python Expressions

#python #programming #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Apr 11

Following a Database Read to the Metal — A Simple Walkthrough

#database #internals #systems #beginners

3 min read

Harsh Agnihotri

Apr 11

Reinforcement Learning / Q Learning Basics with Tic Tac Toe

#ai #beginners #machinelearning #python

3 min read

Apr 15

Why I Use try with finally Without catch (and Why This Isn’t “Weird Code”)

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

elyeandre

Apr 11

Stop Manually Resuming Your Supabase Database

#supabase #beginners #productivity #tools

1 min read

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