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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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7 Mac Apps Every CS Student and Junior Developer Needs in 2026

#productivity #webdev #beginners #career

3 min read

Mar 26

5 AI Coding Mistakes That Waste Hours (and the Prompts That Fix Them)

#ai #programming #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Harish Kotra (he/him)

Mar 26

Building "Architects of Chaos": A Physics-Based AI Building Competition

#ai #programming #beginners #dailybuild2026

3 min read

Hoang Son

Mar 26

Day 1/100: Going Back to Basics as a Senior Android Dev

#android #kotlin #career #beginners

3 min read

Apr 9

FileReader, BufferedReader, FileWriter, BufferedWriter in Java

#beginners #java #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Mar 26

Series: Building Cloud Call Centres with Vonage APIs — Day 3 of 30

#api #beginners #node #tutorial

10 min read

Mar 26

7 Mac Apps for Developers Who Code on Nights and Weekends in 2026

#productivity #programming #tooling #beginners

3 min read

ExamineIP

Mar 25

I built a simple IP checker tool

#showdev #beginners #networking #sideprojects

1 min read

Apr 18

Building a shielded token vault: deposit, accumulate, and withdraw

#midnightfordevs #blockchain #beginners

8 min read

JAYA SRI J

Mar 25

QUERIES

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

2 min read

Mukami

Mar 27

How Conditionals Make Terraform Infrastructure Dynamic and Efficient

#terraform #beginners #aws #30daychallenge

4 min read

Mar 30

Amazon Bedrock Beginner Guide: A Complete Deep Dive into AWS Generative AI

#ai #aws #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Mukami

Mar 26

Advanced Terraform Module Usage: Versioning, Gotchas, and Reuse Across Environments

#30daychallenge #terraform #beginners #aws

5 min read

Mar 26

Master Amazon SQS in One Page

#beginners #aws #devops #cloud

2 min read

TateLyman

Mar 28

I Made a Free Photo Editor, Meme Generator, and Background Remover — All Client-Side

#javascript #webdev #tools #beginners

6 min read

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