I also am on a, “slow painful uninspired journey learning to program,” but have to say that my experience with the plebdev course was the exact opposite. It was radically exciting and really educational! I have to admit that I haven’t done much with it recently (just because of life and stuff), but, I was AMAZED at how @bitcoinplebdev bent over backwards to make sure I got the most out of the content. I took the courses before he did the new site, but there were even kinks he was working out then, when I brought those to his attention, every time I got a HUGE in-depth lesson (sadly some of which I’ve forgotten) on what was going on (usually an update by some library that was part of the lesson), and how programmers work through that stuff.

I don’t mean to downplay your frustrations (seriously, not trying to be rude), but I would absolutely downplay your warnings. The plebdev courses are AMAZING, even with some kinks due to its progressive nature.