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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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Federico Moretti

Sep 26 '25

The Rust Journey of a JavaScript Developer • Day 4 (5/5)

#rust #programming #beginners #learning

9 min read

Ali ELKAROUAOUI

Sep 15 '25

What happens when you run a program?

#beginners #computerscience #programming

2 min read

Sep 26 '25

Porting micrograd to C++: Step One of Getting My Hands Dirty Again

#machinelearning #ai #beginners #cpp

5 min read

David Van Assche (S.L)

Sep 26 '25

The best (free - cheap) AI friendly Cli and Coding environments

#programming #ai #beginners #linux

4 min read

Sep 26 '25

Getting Started with MCP: 10 Essential MCPs you must try

#mcp #beginners #llm #tutorial

6 min read

Sumana

Sep 26 '25

☕ Cache Eviction — Lessons from a Small Café

#beginners #computerscience #systemdesign #interview

2 min read

Wallace Leonardo

Sep 26 '25

🚀 Using enum with key-value objects in the Front-end: a more scalable approach

#webdev #frontend #beginners

2 min read

Athreya aka Maneshwar

Sep 26 '25

How to Find the Right Keywords That Drive Results

#webdev #beginners #ai #seo

4 min read

Oct 20 '25

Week 5: Dipping into React🎨

#beginners #webdev #javascript #programming

3 min read

Aug 24 '25

DevOps vs Testing: Same Goal, Different Roads

#webdev #testing #beginners #devops

2 min read

Adam Poulemanos for Knitli

Sep 26 '25

Context and Context Windows: What You Need to Know

#ai #beginners #deeplearning #learning

4 min read

Mochammad Farros Fatchur Roji

Dec 10 '25

Logs Fundamentals | TryHackMe Write-Up

#cybersecurity #monitoring #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Mochammad Farros Fatchur Roji

Dec 10 '25

Introduction to SIEM | TryHackMe Write-Up

#beginners #cybersecurity #tutorial

2 min read

Ann Jeffa

Sep 26 '25

Skewness and Kurtosis

#analytics #beginners #datascience

2 min read

Miriam

Sep 25 '25

Shaming people for using AI, but...

#programming #webdev #ai #beginners

1 min read

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