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Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan

2026-05-11 ยท 64 min ยท 30 entities

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  • โ†’ references The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
  • โ†’ references How Computers Work Evolution Technology book
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://amazon.com/How-Computers-Work-Evolution-Technology/dp/078974984X
  • โ†’ hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
  • โ†’ recommended The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book
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    CS50 improvements: https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf โ€ข Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy โ€ข How Com
  • โ†’ recommended How Computers Work Evolution Technology book
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://amazon.com/How-Computers-Work-Evolution-Technology/dp/078974984X
  • โ†’ discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • โ†’ references cursor.com website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cursor.com/
  • โ†’ references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://developing.dev/
  • โ†’ references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • โ†’ references read.compose.llc company
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://read.compose.llc/
  • โ†’ references workos.com website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://workos.com/
  • โ†’ references Harvard Professor Cs50 What Matters website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://developing.dev/p/harvard-professor-cs50-what-matters
  • โ†’ references Malan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cs.harvard.edu/malan
  • โ†’ references Dmalan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://github.com/dmalan
  • โ†’ references Davidjmalan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://threads.com/@davidjmalan
  • โ†’ references Fp310 Malan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf

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  • mentioned cursor.com website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cursor.com/
  • mentioned developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://developing.dev/
  • mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • mentioned workos.com website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://workos.com/
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://developing.dev/p/harvard-professor-cs50-what-matters
  • mentioned Malan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cs.harvard.edu/malan
  • mentioned Dmalan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://github.com/dmalan
  • mentioned Davidjmalan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://reddit.com/user/davidjmalan
  • mentioned Fp310 Malan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf
  • references cursor.com website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cursor.com/
  • references developing.dev website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://developing.dev/
  • references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • references workos.com website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://workos.com/
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://developing.dev/p/harvard-professor-cs50-what-matters
  • references Malan website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cs.harvard.edu/malan
  • references Dmalan website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://github.com/dmalan
  • references Davidjmalan website
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://threads.com/@davidjmalan
  • references Fp310 Malan website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf

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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://amazon.com/How-Computers-Work-Evolution-Technology/dp/078974984X
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://amazon.com/How-Computers-Work-Evolution-Technology/dp/078974984X
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    CS50 improvements: https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf โ€ข Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy โ€ข How Com
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    CS50 improvements: https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf โ€ข Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy โ€ข How Com
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://amazon.com/How-Computers-Work-Evolution-Technology/dp/078974984X

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  • mentioned Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • mentioned read.compose.llc company
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://read.compose.llc/
  • discusses Technology company
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  • references read.compose.llc company
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    Link in episode "Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan": https://read.compose.llc/

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  • mentioned Ryan Peterman person
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  • hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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Episode description as stored
David Malan is a Harvard professor known for turning CS50 into a popular online computer science course. We discussed the story behind CS50, how to lecture well, and how AI is changing CS education including in cheating/academic dishonesty. โ€ข My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข YouTube: https://youtu.be/bB2o81DnKHk โ€ข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/harvard-professor-cs50-what-matters ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ: โ€ข Cursor 3: a unified workspace for building software with agents, check it out at https://cursor.com/ โ€ข WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at https://workos.com/ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€: 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Getting into computer science 3:27 - Becoming the professor of CS50 11:19 - How to lecture well 14:25 - Depth vs engagement in education 18:11 - Why don't we consolidate educational resources 23:20 - Why start with C 31:51 - The ideal use of AI in education 34:54 - Cheating and AI 38:21 - Should we really learn CS still? 45:24 - College vs online education 47:06 - The most difficult concept to learn 51:00 - Growth vs fixed mindset 52:35 - The future of CS50 55:56 - Biggest career regret 1:00:29 - Top book recommendations 1:02:36 - Advice for his younger self 1:03:35 - Outro ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ: โ€ข Personal website: https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/ โ€ข Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dmalan โ€ข Github: https://github.com/dmalan โ€ข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjmalan/ โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malan/ โ€ข Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/davidjmalan/ โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/davidjmalan โ€ข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@davidjmalan ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป: โ€ข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/ โ€ข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman โ€ข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman โ€ข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ: โ€ข His first program for CS50: https://x.com/davidjmalan/status/1432538424590929920 โ€ข Paper about CS50 improvements: https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp310-malan.pdf โ€ข Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy โ€ข How Computers Work book (not affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/How-Computers-Work-Evolution-Technology/dp/078974984X