Hi @michael-pru - I hear your frustration and it can be overwhelming at times. I highly recommend you go to the Live coding sessions starting from number 1. It starts off with the basics and the idea was that it would be a step-by-step guide for absolute fastai beginners like you and me (3 months ago). It does diverge from this original intent and goes off on a few deep tangents but should help you get started.
Don’t do both Google Colab and Paperspace. Pick one and I recommend Paperspace because the Live Coding sessions use this.
I really hope the live coding sessions restart at some time in the future because I made the most progress in the shortest space of time by following along. Word of warning. These sessions aren’t a structured course and highly dependent on the questions from people who attended.
Also the setup and recommended first steps changed deep into the sessions because things were still being optimised. If you want to jump to Session 17 to setup up more automatically this session will help you do that. Going from Session 1, however, you’ll set up Paperspace from scratch which is also really helpful. I recommend the going from Session 1 and learning the easy way later but you can choose your path.