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It sounds like you may have blossom end rot causing the soft spots. This will help with that: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/pepper-blossom-end-rot.htm

Yes, most all plants that produce fruits do so from their flowers. Once the flowers have pollinated, the small fruits begin to form. You evidently missed a bloom or two (but with that many plants it's hard not to) in order to have still produced peppers. My advice...leave the flowers and reap the peppers.

It sounds like a pollination problem. This hot, humid summer has been hard on pepper pollination. These articles will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/insect-pollination-process.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/pollinate-tomatoes.htm (peppers and tomatoes are pollinated the same way, so you can use this article for peppers too)

If you are not getting blossoms, this is likely either too much nitrogen or too little phosphorus. Adding some bone meal or other phosphorus rich fertilizer will help.

You can pick the chili peppers about 45 to 55 days after you see them bloom. Feel the growing chili peppers and see if they feel thin or if they feel as they should.

This article will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/peppers-falling-off.htm

I have had my share of leaf miners on peppers ,the crazy lines all over the leaves, but i'm not sure what insects you have. I would try neem oil read the label for how long you have to stop before you harvest. I use a brand of neem oil you can use till the day of harvest. I don't know what zone your in but you might have to spray at night and wash it off before the sun bakes your plant . The oil enables the bug to breath. good luck