Took my 4th class with Matni and this was the worst one. There was just so much homework and it was pretty difficult and long. The exams were extremely detail oriented and very long and required knowing very small details. Matni is still a great lecturer though so lectures were very useful. Class material is relatively simple.

I preferred Professor Matni with CS32. His lectures in CS111 are a bit boring. The homeworks are lengthy. The midterm and final make up 70% of the final grade. Exams are graded strictly. Overall, it just feels like Professor Matni made the course a bit harder than it needed to be.

Intelligent and caring professor, understandable lectures, but very fast paced, hard labs and hard final. CS32 was pretty great with him but 111 had a weekly quiz that was hard and I felt the final was too focused on small details, but he allows a cheat sheet. Both are fast paced, but CS32 has easier material so putting in the work got me an A.

Stay completely still when taking quizzes or exams because he likes to assume you are cheating and make the rest of the quarter unpleasant for you.

I liked him more for CS32. I got bored after week 3 since the topics felt a bit repetitive. He also didn't know how to answer some deeper questions, maybe due to it being in a field that he doesn't have as much expertise in (linear algebra/proofs). I really enjoyed his energy, but sometimes the way he answered questions felt a little condescending.

Overall not too bad of a course, biweekly quizzes are stressful as quizzes and final make up 70% of the grade, but as long as you do fine on the quizzes, the final is pretty straightforward and he lets you have a cheat sheet. just go to lectures and study a little before each quiz and it's not too bad