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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese Proverb

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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Apr 18

Your First AI Agent in 50 Lines of Python (No Framework, No LangChain)

#ai #python #llm #beginners

7 min read

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Apr 18

Tokens, Context Windows, and Why Your LLM 'Forgot' Your Last Message

#ai #llm #beginners #webdev

7 min read

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Ege Pakten

Apr 18

What is RAG? A Beginner's Guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (With a Full Pipeline Walkthrough)

#ai #beginners #rag #tutorial

8 min read

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GeraldM

Apr 18

ETL vs ELT: Which one should you use and why?

#beginners #etl #elt

9 min read

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Apr 18

I tried Vim for 3 days and documented all my FAILS

#vim #beginners #development #learning

7 min read

Caprice

Apr 18

Beyond the Number: A Practical Guide to Domain Rating (with a Real Case Study from a New SaaS)

#seo #webdev #startup #beginners

6 min read

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Amapakabo, Joseph I.

Apr 18

From Zero to Deployed: Setting Up an Azure VM with Apache2 (Step-by-Step)

#azure #cloud #devops #beginners

7 min read

Roy Sukro

Apr 18

I Did 2 Months of Work for a 2-Week Price — Here’s What I learned

#freelance #webdev #career #beginners

5 min read

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Kunal

Apr 18

Polyfills 101: Impress your interviewer

#programming #javascript #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

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Priyanshu Rauth

Apr 18

I built a free Java practice playground with a built-in compiler — here's what I learned (and what's inside)

#programming #tutorial #java #beginners

3 min read

Apr 18

Weekend Project: Build a ₹0 Amazon India Price Tracker in 50 Lines of Python

#beginners #python #tutorial #webscraping

4 min read

Athithya Sivasankarar

Apr 18

JavaScript Scenario Questions

#beginners #javascript #programming #tutorial

3 min read

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Akhilesh

Apr 18

Why "Hello" and 42 Are Completely Different Things

#ai #programming #productivity #beginners

6 min read

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Pavanipriya Sajja

Apr 17

Challenge : 2 The Project Selection Trap

#discuss #tutorial #beginners #opensource

7 min read

Aniruddha Pramanick

Apr 18

Will AI Really Replace Web Developers in 2026? An Indian Agency Owner's Take

#webdev #ai #career #beginners

4 min read

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