Pandas Should Go Extinct

kept by zoraiel sep 12

Pandas becomes inefficient beyond tens of gigabytes, but most analytics workloads stay under 100 GB and are better served by single‑machine tools like Polars or DuckDB.

GitHub - perspective-dev/perspective: A data visualization and analytics component, especially well-suited for large and/or streaming datasets.
Perspective is an interactive analytics and data visualization component for large and streaming datasets, built with WebAssembly, Python, and Rust.
also on Apache Arrow, DuckDB, #open-source
Python Polars Cheatsheet (based on our O'Reilly book)
Provides a concise Python Polars cheat sheet derived from the authors' O'Reilly book, covering core DataFrame operations, syntax, and common workflow patterns.
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The Grammar of Data: From Definition to Execution – Xorq
The article shows how xorq’s grammar of data lets you define a data pipeline once and execute it on DuckDB, DataFusion, or Snowflake without changes.
also on DuckDB, #open-source, #developer-tools
Ironclaw — AI CRM, hosted locally on your Mac
DenchClaw is an open-source AI CRM and workflow automation tool that runs locally on a Mac, using a Chrome profile to automate tasks like database queries, lead enrichment, and outreach.
also on DuckDB, #open-source, #developer-tools