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Guillaume Martigny

First of, congrats ! Caring for your family while learning to code by your own looks like a lot.

I would say you don't need to spend a dollar to become a good dev, don't sweat it. You seems to be able to spend some time reading by your own and that's all that you need.

Dev.to offer some mentorship. In your settings, you can specify what you're looking for.

Finally, for the "where to focus" bit, no-one have the right answer (me included). Dev and especially web-dev moves at lightspeed. Chasing all the new shiny thing is the most common source of frustration for beginners. Don't try to learn specifics (one framework or one paradigm) but learn deeper (all the inside and out of a language) so that you can apply it to any situation.
Remember, successful devs do.