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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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#redis #beginners #performance #programming

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Mar 21

How I Built a Local AI Paper Trading Agent with OpenClaw (No Cloud Required)

#cryptocurrency #ai #beginners #python

4 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

CORS Explained Simply: Why Your Frontend Can't Talk to Your API (Fix in 5 Minutes)

#webdev #javascript #beginners #cors

2 min read

Mar 21

I Built a Personal AI Agent Setup in an Afternoon — Here's the 2025 Guide

#agents #ai #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

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Vaishali

Mar 25

Embeddings: The One Concept Behind RAG, Search, and AI Systems

#ai #machinelearning #beginners #nlp

4 min read

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Alexandr

Mar 25

I Built Yet Another Scrum Poker App. This One Has Geese.

#webdev #vue #scrum #beginners

1 min read

Mar 21

5 Browser-Based Dev Tools You Can Build in Under 100 Lines

#javascript #webdev #beginners #productivity

4 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a CLI Tool in Rust: From Zero to Published on crates.io (2026 Guide)

#rust #cli #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

Mar 22

OpenClaw Paper Trading: 30-Day Setup Guide for Complete Beginners

#cryptocurrency #ai #beginners #python

6 min read

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Mar 25

Deep Dive into Docker: Is it Magic or Just a Fancy Box?

#beginners #devops #docker #programming

2 min read

Mar 25

Isolation

#backend #beginners #database #sql

2 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Pragmatic Error Handling in Go: Patterns That Scale (2026)

#go #errors #beginners #backend

12 min read

Narayana

Mar 21

A Developer's Guide to Affiliate Marketing Without the Sleaze

#productivity #technology #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Environment Variables Done Right: Stop Hardcoding Secrets in 2026

#security #devops #typescript #beginners

2 min read

Himothy Jimothy

Apr 4

I'm in 8th grade and I built a fintech app. Here's what I learned.

#ai #webdev #javascript #beginners

4 min read

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