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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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Muhammad Usman Tahir

Jan 21

Why My EC2 Instance Was Running but Still Not Accessible

#aws #ec2 #cloud #beginners

2 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Jan 11

Level 1 Array & String Problems in C++

#programming #beginners #tutorial #cpp

2 min read

Eric Rodríguez

Dec 27 '25

Goodbye Localhost: Why I deployed my site on raw S3 instead of Netlify

#aws #webdev #beginners #s3

2 min read

Micah

Feb 1

Problem Solving The Master Skill

#beginners #programming #coding #learning

1 min read

Jan 11

Introduction to DevOps #1. What is DevOps

#discuss #beginners #devops #cloud

4 min read

Dec 28 '25

Found this on Product Hunt today. Is gamified pricing the new way to trick people into paying for QR codes?

#webdev #ai #beginners #react

1 min read

Dinesh

Jan 18

Why My Video Screen Was Black in Unreal Engine

#gamedev #unrealengine #beginners #learning

2 min read

Jan 31

Sandbox Mode: YOLO Speed Meets Actual Security

#tutorial #claudecode #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Jan 31

I was using AI wrong. How I fixed my University workflow. 🎓💻

#university #generativeai #beginners #productivity

3 min read

Jan 31

Why GIT Exists: The Pendrive Problem

#git #softwaredevelopment #beginners #webdev

3 min read

Dhanush N

Dec 27 '25

Building Markdown Scribe

#rust #beginners #sideprojects #programming

1 min read

Aisalkyn Aidarova

Jan 31

Prometheus #1

#beginners #database #devops #monitoring

30 min read

Jan 31

Git Basics Made Simple: Essential Commands Every Developer Should Know

#git #webdev #softwaredevelopment #beginners

5 min read

Jan 31

SPRING BOOT EXCEPTION HANDLING

#beginners #java #springboot #tutorial

2 min read

Umar Hayat

Jan 31

Getting Started with cURL

#webdev #learning #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

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