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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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We Built an AI Trading Bot in 2 Weeks — Here's What Actually Happened

#ai #webdev #beginners #automation

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May 8

How I Built a Blood Bank Management System from Scratch using PHP & MySQL

#php #mysql #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Apr 15

Base64 Encoding Explained: What It Is, When to Use It, and When Not To

#webdev #javascript #beginners #tools

3 min read

Tlaloc-Es

Apr 15

Turning JPGs into Excel… because why not? 😂

#python #programming #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

Forrester Terry

Apr 15

Product Shipped! But Now What? The Part I Forgot About.

#webdev #ai #beginners #product

5 min read

Felix

Apr 15

We connected Claude to a self-hosted n8n instance via MCP and used it to co-build a 71-node production workflow. Here's the honest version.

#ai #productivity #beginners #automation

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Apr 15

I stopped practicing and shipped my first paid web template — here's how

#beginners #css #sideprojects #webdev

1 min read

arnostorg

Apr 15

Create Directories in PowerShell: New-Item for Folders

#powershell #windows #scripting #beginners

2 min read

VH Costa

Apr 28

Don't Open a Pull Request Yet

#discuss #opensource #beginners #programming

8 min read

Sivakami Thangaraj

Apr 29

RAG (Day 1)

#beginners #llm #rag #tutorial

5 min read

May 8

Kubernetes RBAC: controlando quem pode fazer o quê dentro do cluster 🔐☸️

#beginners #devops #kubernetes #security

7 min read

May 8

AI Built Your HTML Form. Now What? How to Handle Form Submissions Without a Backend

#beginners #chatgpt #html #webdev

8 min read

Apollo

Apr 15

Building a Sentiment Analysis API in Node.js (and Making It Free)

#node #api #javascript #beginners

4 min read

Stephanie Makori

Apr 15

Deploying a Static Website on AWS S3 with Terraform: A Beginner’s Guide

#aws #beginners #devops #terraform

3 min read

May 8

What is a database adapter, and why does Prisma 7 need one?

#prisma #beginners #database #typescript

4 min read

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