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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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Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

How to Write an ATS-Friendly Resume That Actually Gets Read (2026 Guide)

#career #beginners #jobs #productivity

6 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

How I Negotiated a 40% Higher Salary as a Junior Developer

#career #beginners #jobs #programming

7 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

My Morning Routine as a 19-Year-Old Developer (No, I Don't Wake Up at 5 AM)

#productivity #career #beginners #programming

6 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

AI заберёт твою работу? Нет. Но вот что заберёт точно.

#ai #career #programming #beginners

1 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

8 Unpopular Programming Opinions That Will Get Me Cancelled

#discuss #programming #beginners #productivity

6 min read

Daniil Kornilov

Feb 28

I Quit My 9-to-5 at 19 to Freelance. Was It Worth It?

#career #beginners #motivation #programming

5 min read

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Jan 25

Using Microsoft Excel for Basic Data Analysis (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

#beginners #microsoftexcel #tutorial #datascience

5 min read

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Kunal

Jan 29

TCP VS UDP : Reliability vs Speed and HTTP must pick a side .

#webdev #programming #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Devansh Prajapati

Feb 27

Reverse Linked List

#algorithms #beginners #computerscience #tutorial

3 min read

Juan Isidoro García Cifuentes

Feb 27

Open Source Licenses: Which One Should You Pick? MIT, GPL, Apache, AGPL and More (2026 Guide)

#opensource #licensing #beginners #webdev

20 min read

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Feb 16

Navigating the Web with NGINX

#webdev #programming #beginners #devops

4 min read

Feb 27

How a Korean Garlic Farmer and 3 LLMs Rebuilt an Error Handling System in 4 Hours on a Phone

#ai #beginners #terminal #python

8 min read

PONVEL M

Jan 24

Understanding getElementsByClassName vs querySelector in JavaScript

#beginners #javascript #tutorial #webdev

1 min read

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Feb 27

Why nextLine() Reads an Empty String After nextInt() in Java?

#java #beginners #computerscience #indepth

6 min read

Feb 27

JOINS AND WINDOW FUNCTIONS IN SQL.

#beginners #database #sql #tutorial

3 min read

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