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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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Chris King

Mar 24

I Built a Hosted SQLite SaaS That's Free to Use 🚀

#webdev #programming #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

Mar 24

17 Things I Wish I Knew Before Building My First Production LLM System

#ai #programming #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Yasasasswini Idimukkala

Mar 23

Building a Memory Layer with Hindsight: From Stateless Feedback to Pattern-Aware Systems

#webdev #ai #programming #beginners

5 min read

Nebula

Mar 23

How to Build an MCP Server with Python in 5 Min

#tutorial #beginners #python #mcp

3 min read

SIYAMALA G

Apr 16

CALLBACK FUNCTION- EXAMPLES

#tutorial #beginners #javascript #programming

1 min read

Mar 24

The Path to AI Engineer Nobody Tells You About (From LATAM)

#discuss #career #ai #beginners

5 min read

Thanawat Wongchai

Mar 24

วิธีใช้ Elasticsearch API ง่าย ๆ

#api #beginners #database #tutorial

4 min read

P AASHISH

Mar 23

How I structured logs around Hindsight

#ai #webdev #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Apr 5

"I Applied to 50 Dev Jobs in 30 Days — Here's What Actually Happened"

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

7 min read

Suruthika

Mar 22

CA 06 - Find the Maximum and Minimum Element in the Array

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #tutorial

1 min read

Mohammed Sulaiman

Mar 23

I stopped storing chats and built a stateful study agent instead !!

#ai #beginners #machinelearning

3 min read

Marina Williams

Mar 23

First Post for AppDev II!

#beginners #codenewbie #learning #softwaredevelopment

1 min read

Mar 23

Software Engineer Career Levels: What Companies Really Expect at Every Stage

#career #software #programming #beginners

13 min read

Mar 24

I built my first Chrome extension as a CS student. Here's what actually surprised me.

#webdev #saas #beginners #chromeextension

3 min read

Mar 23

What is ORM? Let's understand ...

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

3 min read

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