Fun fact: Robert Morris is one of the founders of YCombinator and also the creator of the Morris worm!

I remember hearing the Morris worm in news at the time, as an aspired virus and worm hacker. It has been so long ago.

>Andy Pavlo

His opening lectures always have a surprise in them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYBdghaIjc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72mt4VN9ik

> MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems by Robert Morris

Just looking at the playlist, I'm surprised at how many lectures are focused around actual distributed databases versus purely on theory or algorithms

Pavlo has multiple series depending on your level of understanding. His advanced lectures are particularly satisfying as well as his interview series.

Highly recommend both of these. In particular the Distributed Systems one has an amazing format (read a paper each week, the lecture goes into detail about the nuances). Also implementing raft was challenging and frustrating but incredibly fun.

I love the Robert Morris’ lectures. Best ever in DS.