alt Hacker NewsI followed his course 6.5840 on distributed systems (https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/, YouTube videos at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrw6a1wE39_tb2fErI4-WkMbs...) and completed the labs. One day, out of curiosity, I looked up his name. Then I realized what a legend he is.
Great course by the way.
Replies
tonyplee • 11/04/2025
Would be cool if he adds a session on how to hack distributed system in 1988...
➕ show 4 replies
pyyxbkshed • 11/04/2025
I am also doing the course now in my freetime. Even I wasn't aware who he is.
On a sidenote, what did you do after the course?
It is an amazing course though!
➕ show 2 replies
RTM was my TA at MIT for a CS/systems engineering course. It took the students until we did an assignment about the worm to realize who he was IIRC. The students thought it was very cool, but even then, as a TA covering the assignment, he didn't really talk about it.