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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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#programming #webdev #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

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#webdev #programming #python #beginners

8 min read

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#discuss #programming #ai #beginners

3 min read

Dec 27 '25

Quark's Outlines: Emulating Sequence and Mapping Types in Python

#python #programming #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Jan 31

Model Adaptation: Prompt-Based Techniques vs Fine-Tuning

#llm #promptengineering #ai #beginners

3 min read

Jan 31

Developed my first portfolio.

#webdev #beginners

1 min read

Jan 31

The Art of LLM Alignment: From Fine-tuning to RLHF

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

10 min read

Muhammad Ikramullah Khan

Dec 26 '25

Scrapy HTTP Cache: The Complete Beginner's Guide (Stop Hammering Websites)

#webdev #programming #beginners #python

8 min read

Jan 31

CSS Selectors 101: Targeting Elements with Precision

#beginners #css #chaicode2026

5 min read

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Block flick

#codepen #programming #ai #beginners

1 min read

Vinicius Fagundes

Jan 31

The Math You Actually Need as a Data Engineer

#datascience #career #beginners #python

6 min read

Jan 1

Optimizing Factory Efficiency with Genetic Algorithms & Tabu Search

#productivity #programming #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

hopsayer

Dec 26 '25

Fix Time Jumps Between Linux and Windows (Dual-Boot)

#beginners #tutorial #linux

3 min read

Dec 26 '25

CSS Modules in React: Scoped Styling Without the Headache

#webdev #react #beginners #frontend

5 min read

Chirag Surendra

Dec 26 '25

The JavaScript Basics I’m Glad I Learned Before Going Back to React

#beginners #javascript #learning #react

3 min read

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