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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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Vinayagam

Feb 13

Introduction to Variables and Data Types

#beginners #javascript #programming #tutorial

1 min read

Feb 13

A 2026 Introduction to Apache Iceberg

#beginners #dataengineering #opensource #tutorial

6 min read

Mar 9

How a Non-Engineer Built a 1-Million-Row CSV Analyzer with Claude Code and DuckDB-WASM

#duckdb #webdev #claudecode #beginners

9 min read

Feb 15

Linux Fundamentals - Part 13: File Permissions & Ownership

#beginners #linux #security #tutorial

2 min read

Feb 14

The AWS Knowledge Gap: What Certifications Don’t Teach About Production

#aws #learning #beginners #tutorial

13 min read

Mar 9

I'm Not a Developer — So I Built a Movie App in 2 Months with AI

#showdev #ai #beginners #sideprojects

3 min read

Chishan

Feb 14

What STEM Professionals Should Know About EB1A Self-Petition in 2026

#immigration #career #webdev #beginners

6 min read

Keith So

Feb 18

I Built 125 Free Calculators for Lifes Boring Math

#webdev #javascript #sideprojects #beginners

2 min read

Feb 13

Local LLM Ops: Building an Observable, GPU-Accelerated AI Cloud at Home with Docker & Grafana

#ai #beginners #tutorial #devops

6 min read

Jaideep Parashar

Feb 26

How AI Will Transform Remote Development and Team Collaboration

#ai #beginners #devops #career

4 min read

NOOB

Feb 13

LLD-2:ECommerces Checkout

#beginners #lld #systemdesign #java

3 min read

Feb 14

Polymorphism in Java

#beginners #java #oop #tutorial

1 min read

jidong

Mar 9

프롬프트 잘 쓰는 시대는 끝났다 — Context Engineering 실전 가이드

#ai #llm #productivity #beginners

1 min read

Xauntasia Mabry

Feb 18

A Matter of Authentication

#javascript #beginners #security #aws

2 min read

Feb 27

Starting my Computer Science journey

#beginners #codenewbie #computerscience #python

2 min read

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