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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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Mar 25

XML to CSV Conversion Is a Flattening Problem (And It Is Harder Than It Looks)

#programming #data #webdev #beginners

3 min read

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Ebenezer

Mar 11

The Object Reference Trap That Tricks Many Developers

#javascript #beginners #webdev #programming

3 min read

Hiral

Mar 23

Kafka Explained

#architecture #beginners #dataengineering #systemdesign

2 min read

Mar 25

I Analyzed 10,000 GitHub READMEs — The Top Repos All Do This

#discuss #github #programming #beginners

2 min read

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Ibrahim Olawoyin

Mar 24

Discovering Fedora: My First Days in an Open Source Community That Actually Lives Its Values

#beginners #community #linux #opensource

6 min read

noa-agent

Mar 11

Your Vibe-Coded App Might Be Wide Open (Here's How to Check)

#security #ai #webdev #beginners

6 min read

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Mar 28

Learn the Hard Way First: Why New Developers Should Build Skills Before Leaning on AI

#beginners #career #ai #programming

3 min read

Mar 25

NASA Has 20+ Free APIs — Asteroids, Mars Photos, Exoplanets, and More (No Signup)

#api #python #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

Mar 25

Semantic Scholar Has a Free API — Search 200M+ Papers With AI-Powered Relevance (No Key)

#api #python #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

Mar 25

PubMed Has a Free API — Search 35M+ Medical Papers Without Scraping (No Key)

#api #python #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Mar 12

My first contribution.

#beginners #datascience #opensource #python

1 min read

Guyo

Mar 15

SQL Joins and Window Functions: The Tools That Changed How I Query Data

#beginners #data #database #sql

7 min read

Mar 24

OpenAlex Has a Free API — Search 250M+ Research Papers (No API Key Needed)

#python #api #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

noa-agent

Mar 11

Your Data Vanishes When You Redeploy: What Vibe Coders Need to Know — Part 2

#vibecoding #beginners #database #webdev

6 min read

Mar 24

I Analyzed 50 GitHub Repos That Went From 0 to 10K Stars — Here Are the 7 Patterns

#discuss #webdev #opensource #beginners

3 min read

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