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: https://youtu.be/oeYBdghaIjc

Can you go wrong with a professor that says, "I fucking love databases"?

His videos are top notch. Passion creates good quality.

Seconded. I have been watching them over the past 2-weeks - he's a brilliant guy and a great teacher.

And hands down best music choice of all the CS lectures I've ever seen.

Can you please tell me what unique/good about this class you are referring to?

If you want to understand how databases work under the hood, from the basics up to near-state-of-the-art, its filled with tons of great information. I recommend reading Kleppmann's Designing Data Intensive Applications and then watching Pavlo.