Professor Meka in my opinion is the perfect example of a professor who cares deeply about the learning outcome of their students. Professor would write notes live on a platform where you could tune in and watch the live document which was great when reviewing a lecture or perhaps learning missed materials but was also very helpful during class. I am a slow writer and to be able to open the live document and see what I missed even after professor had moved to the next page was very nice.

Again in my opinion professor Meka always had a very approachable way of explaining the concepts and was always more than happy to attempt an explanation from a different angle if it did not make sense the first time. Moreover, professor Meka would occasionally go over brief historical tangents on the course topics, and while I often find it pointless/distracting in other classes, it was actually very interesting and engaging here.

Homeworks and exams were all very fair, never feeling too easy or too challenging, and the homeworks in particular never took too long, around two hours on average at least for me. The textbook was made available online and while never necessary, I found it did a good job at supplementing the materials without being too long or confusing.

I only attended the first discussion section so I can't say too much about the TAs, but the impression I got was that they seemed knowledgeable and that discussion sections were mainly for reviewing supplemental material and for going over concepts helpful to the homeworks.

The course content itself was also very interesting, despite me not thinking it would be going into the course. It very much feels similar to the kinds of topics in CS 180 (which is not surprising), but at least with professor Meka, was paced well and explained clearly.