Great learning resources that will be useful long after completing the course, concise presentations, and clear explanations of all topics

Exceptional series of courses

Generally a very interesting specialization. Especially the parts presented by Alfredo were well structured and providing the needed insights into the concepts, challenges and tools. The labs were also very helpful for hands-on experience. Great! However it was evident and annoying, that a significant part of the material was added just to boost the volume or rather as a precondition to have the Duke's logo on it, absolutely missing the point of the course. Like focusing on solving some beginner level pure low level programming tasks inside the course on Databricks and LLMs. Why? Quite detached from real world business tasks, which is not unusual for universities, though. And, I agree, Rust is cool for certain tasks, but it was a bit too much of pushing it repeatedly. However all in all, very informative, my recommendations, helpful and interesting, thanks a lot!