Coddy Reviews 6

I HATE CODDY I HATE CODDY I HATE CODDY
I HATE CODDY I HATE CODDY I HATE CODDY I HATE CODDY IT'S CHALLENGES SUCK I HATE THIS WEBSITE SO MUCH

It asks you to do things it never teaches you how to do, which results in you having to ask its bad, useless AI (I hate generative AI, and you should too), which results in a useless answer, which results in you having to use external resources to get code. This thing is actually terrible, don't use it, please.

Rebill without asking. No working customer service, rings to law service.

Highly unfriendly practices where you can't remove your subscription. FAQ is a joke, you can't even delete information about your credit card.

I've been trying to get more serious about programming after working with Python scripting for 2 years. Taken several free and paid courses on Rust, Zig, C#, and SQL.

I've been using coddy.tech for a about 2 months now. Bought a lifetime subscription after maybe 2 weeks.

There are some great platforms out there that have their own workspace (hand-on approach where you code in the browser an all that). Coddy.tech is fairly decent contentwise and a lifetime subscription costs less than a year in most of these other platforms.

So far I've only tried the Rust course and it's the most fun and compelling Rust course I've ever taken by far. Lessons are bite-sized enough that I can use 5/10 minutes of idle time at work and do a few lessons.

I know there are plenty of free resources out there. But the fact that I can jump into it from any computer and pick up exactly where I left off last time, no setting-up or downloads, is temptingly convenient.

The AI analyzer is surprisingly fun. It rates your solution on readability, maintainability, and performance. Results vary a little, and sometimes you lose points because you followed the instructions to the letter. I think it's instructed to pour as much praise on the user as possible, but it's motivating, and it encourages you to try different approaches. There's also an AI to help you if you're stuck. I haven't used it much because it's kind of slow and I'm already used to ask ChatGPT/Gemini for help, but seems pretty on point.

Overall I think it deserves a 5 star just for how excited it got me about coming back every time, learn more, and explore different programming languages.

It's basically Duolingo for coding. But if you're a complete newbie, it's not user friendly. It gives you an explanation on a certain type of function, only to then give you an excersise that is way more complex than the example that's given and impossible to solve with the explanations that were given. Even when using the hints or AI assistant, you are pretty much left in the dark. I deleted my account after two weeks, because I wasn't learning anything.

Coddy isn't a bad service. It's just hard to justify paying for it when you can get 100% of what they offer elsewhere for free.

Everything on the site is free but with limitations and ad supported. If you want you can subscribe to them for the pro tier which gives you unlimited access, zero ads, and access to their AI for help. The courses are structured similar to how duolingo does things which is nice. Everything is bite sized and done in the browser. No need to set up an environment to learn which is nice.

The problem with Coddy is that the content is pretty barren. There's not much to choose from and what is there is pretty surface level. All of the advanced stuff is "Coming Soon". Nothing you can't find for free elsewhere if you are willing to put in a little extra effort. The Pro tier really doesn't seem worth it at all. The AI isn't really that useful as the free tiers of chatgpt and grok can do the same thing. The unlimited access is nice if you want to really go all in but you are then limited by the lack of content. At $15 a month it's pretty expensive if you ask me. Sure it's the cheapest of the code education sites but there is a reason for that.

I demoed the pro tier for about a week before deciding to cancel and look elsewhere. The worst thing is that have that anti-consumer practice of removing your pro features immediately if you cancel. They want you to wait until the last day of the billing period to maximize value. They do this in hopes you forget to cancel so they can charge your for another month. Because I canceled early, I only got a week of pro for the price of a whole month. No refunds. If you do sign up, I strongly advise using a single use card or something like privacy to avoid this anti-consumer trap.