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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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youssef abobakr

Mar 12

How I Built an AI Chatbot Service for Small Businesses as a CS Student (And Launched It This Week)

#ai #python #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Jamie Cole

Mar 12

I Applied to 47 Jobs in Six Weeks and Lost Track of All of Them

#career #productivity #webdev #beginners

4 min read

Tirth T

Mar 12

I Moved My Database Behind a VPN on AWS — Here's Every Step (With the Networking Concepts That Actually Matter)

#aws #security #beginners #networking

16 min read

Nithya Dharshini official

Mar 26

Partition Labels – Greedy + Two Pointer Thinking

#programming #beginners #dsa #cpp

2 min read

Hendry

Mar 12

The Info-Site: A Name for Something Small Businesses Actually Need

#webdev #selfhosted #opensource #beginners

4 min read

Orli Dun

Mar 12

AI Stack: desde ML hasta agentic AI

#ai #tutorial #beginners #agents

7 min read

ramya Thirunavukkarasu

Mar 12

Convert Images to SVG in Python Using vtracer 🚀

#webdev #programming #beginners #devops

1 min read

Ben Link

Mar 12

The Adventures of Blink S5e2: Logs and Configs

#programming #buildinpublic #beginners

1 min read

Mar 26

CSS Part 1

#beginners #css #tutorial #webdev

3 min read

Mar 13

Is this closer to an early AI OS, or just an AI agent?

#discuss #ai #beginners #architecture

2 min read

Krzysztof Fraus

Mar 12

Why explaining out loud beats reading for interview prep

#career #programming #beginners #webdev

4 min read

Krzysztof Fraus

Mar 12

5 interview mistakes that have nothing to do with knowledge

#career #programming #beginners #webdev

4 min read

Krzysztof Fraus

Mar 12

Why cramming for technical interviews doesn't work

#career #programming #beginners #webdev

3 min read

Sergio Almendros Diaz

Mar 12

From intern to senior? The output junkie

#career #beginners #softskill #productivity

3 min read

Alex Aslam

Mar 25

Normalization vs. Denormalization: A Strategic Guide, Not a Dogma

#webdev #programming #beginners #productivity

6 min read

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