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01 - Course Introduction & Relational Model (CMU Databases Systems / Fall 2019)

01 - Course Introduction & Relational Model (CMU Databases Systems / Fall 2019) on HackerTube: recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 6 separate months, 2020–2023.

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The first lecture of Andy Pavlo's CMU 15-445 Intro to Database Systems (Fall 2019), covering course introduction and the relational model.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Frequently recommended as the best free university course on database internals, praised for depth and Pavlo's presentation.

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“Highly recommended both for the depth and how Andy Pavlo presents the topic.”
— ptr, Jan 2020, in “Ask HN: What Technologies to Learn in 2020?”

What HN commenters said

7 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

runlaszlorunApr 2023Strongly recommends

▶ this video There are multiple years available for his first DB class but that’s the one I watched. I almost called it his ‘basic’ class but there’s literally only like one or two classes on SQL before he dives into all the various layers of the internals. There’s also a few of his advanced courses. And then you’ll see guest lectures from industry on about every one of the new DB platforms you can think of. They’re all under “CMU Database Group” on Youtube. Highly recommend.

in “The Part of PostgreSQL We Hate the Most (Multi-Version Concurrency Control)” · View on HN

maxmcdMar 2022Strongly recommends

Obligatory recommendation for the CMU Databases Systems lecture series by Andy Pavlo. ▶ this video Here's the lecture on tree indexes: [link]

in “How does database indexing work? (2008)” · View on HN

alistairwApr 2021Strongly recommends

Agreed. I finished watching them at the start of this year and it's significantly helped me in using and making choices about databases. I've also since started implementing my own database for learning off the back of them. Couldn't be more grateful for those courses being public. link if anyone is interested: ▶ this video

in “Foundations of Databases (1995)” · View on HN

ptrJan 2020Strongly recommends

I'd start with CMU's "Intro to Database Systems", their lectures are on youtube. Highly recommended both for the depth and how Andy Pavlo presents the topic. ▶ this video

in “Ask HN: What Technologies to Learn in 2020?” · View on HN

avinasshAug 2023Recommends

Intro to Database Systems by Andy Pavlo - ▶ this video MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems by Robert Morris - [link] Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) - [link] Crafting Interpreters - [link]

in “Which books, courses, projects have improved your programming skills immensely?” · View on HN

joelrwilliams1May 2023Recommends

I stumbled across this Carnegie Mellon University database course a year or two ago and this guy gets really deep into the technologies behind a database. Here's the list of YouTube videos of lectures that the professor has posted online: ▶ this video

in “Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning about low level disk/file IO?” · View on HN

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avinasshApr 2023Recommends

Intro to Database Systems by Andy Pavlo - ▶ this video MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems by Robert Morris - [link] Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) - [link] Crafting Interpreters - [link] > What made it so special these break down really complex topics and make the concepts approachable. As a noob, I learned a lot from these.

in “Ask HN: What's the best textbook or video lectures on a topic you've come seen?” · View on HN

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Databases & storageUniversity lectures & coursesdatabasesrelational modelcmuandy pavlocourse