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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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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Building my first AI Agent from scratch (Phase 2)

#ai #agents #python #beginners

5 min read

Kingsley Ifeanyichukwu Onyema

Jan 22

Day 13: Nigerian Market Sales Intelligence Engine — Mastering List Comprehension & Lambda in Python

#python #africa #beginners #dataanalysis

1 min read

Kirill Tolmachev

Feb 14

Database Indexes Explained Like You're 5

#database #sql #postgres #beginners

7 min read

Sachin Kr. Rajput

Jan 22

Information Gain & Entropy: The Game Show Host Who Learned to Ask Perfect Questions

#machinelearning #datascience #python #beginners

16 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Jan 22

Distributed Crawling: The Beginner's Guide

#webdev #programming #python #beginners

8 min read

Feb 25

Stop Letting AI Write Your Resume Summary. Here Is What Gets Developers Hired

#career #resume #ai #beginners

3 min read

Jan 21

@ Mentions: The 2-Character Shortcut That 10x Your AI Coding Speed

#tutorial #claudecode #productivity #beginners

4 min read

Abdushshakur Sulaiman Abubakar

Jan 22

Support me with advice and feedback

#webdev #programming #beginners #python

2 min read

Feb 25

Common Table Expressions

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

2 min read

Adithyan G

Feb 25

Bulk Applicant Dispatcher — A Privacy-First MERN Stack Application for Smart Job Hunting

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

Likhit Kumar V P

Feb 22

I Tried to Send Emails Using Gmail SMTP, Here's What Actually Worked

#node #javascript #beginners #programming

7 min read

Feb 25

Getting Started with Rust: Why, How, and What's Next (Part 1)

#beginners #programming #rust #tutorial

3 min read

Siddhartha Kunwar

Feb 25

What is Claude AI — And Why Are IT Companies Panicking?

#ai #claudeai #beginners #productivity

2 min read

Shashi Bhushan Kumar

Feb 25

Microtask vs Macrotask Explained Simply

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Sachin Kr. Rajput

Jan 22

Why Is It Called 'Logistic Regression' If It's Used for Classification? The Naming Mystery Explained

#machinelearning #datascience #python #beginners

8 min read

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