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An Introduction to PolarsPyData NYC 20242024-11-06
Compares Pandas and Polars by showing concrete moves: loads a Strava GPX, casts elapsed seconds down to int16 (fails at int8), converts timestamps to Mountain…
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From Pandas to Polars Upgrading Your Data WorkflowPyBay 20242024-09-21
Compares Pandas and Polars by showing concrete edits on a 1 MB Strava GPX: Polars uses a Rust backend with Arrow, lazy evaluation and multithreading to avoid…
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Keynote 3: AI and Programmers - Partners or Rivals?PyCon Philippines 20242024-02-25
AI and Programmers - Partners or Rivals? It is a time of uncertainty. Rumors and evidence of mass layoffs. Folks having a hard time getting employment. AI…
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An Introduction to Pandas 2, Polars, and DuckDBPyData Global 20232023-12-06
Shows concrete tradeoffs and outcomes: Pandas 2 optionally uses the PyArrow backend, yields ~50–70% string memory savings and copy‑on‑write behavior, and…
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PremiereConf42 Machine Learning 20232023-05-18
A rapid lineup of short sessions promises concrete takeaways: why Edge is the new Cloud with cases that must not send data to the cloud, an Apache Airflow…
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Polars: A highly optimized dataframe libraryConf42 Machine Learning 20232023-05-18
Polars 0.17 loads a 41k×83 CSV with scan_csv lazy + collect and through targeted casts and categoricals reduces memory from ~33 MB to ~2.5 MB (examples…
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Getting Started with PolarsPyCon US 20232023-04-19
Workshop uses Polars 0.17.5 on a real Twitter CSV (~5700 rows × 40 cols) and shows concrete moves: parse messy datetimes with strptime and timezone convert…
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KEYNOTE: Consulting for Introverted Developers 🧭Python Web Conf 20232023-03-13
Practical steps for introverted developers who want paying work: form an LLC and hire an accountant, list the service on LinkedIn, expect many leads to come…
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Consulting for Introverted DevelopersConf42 Python 20232023-03-09
Consulting for introverted developers focuses on concrete moves: form an LLC and accountant for tax and liability, use a health‑insurance broker, and list…
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Testing Pandas- Shoots, leaves, and garbage!PyData Global 20222022-12-01
Shows concrete, runnable steps to make Pandas pipelines testable: a chained monthly_summary function on Alta ski data that shrinks ~14,000 rows to ~2,000 after…
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Idiomatic PandasGlobal Artificial Intelligence Virtual Conference 20222022-03-17
Five concrete Pandas practices produce big wins: enforce correct dtypes and convert wide integers to smaller numpy types (example converting columns to int8…
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Idiomatic PandasConf42 Python 20212021-05-27
Uses Pandas 1.2.3 on a ~40,000-row, 83-column auto dataset and shows concrete wins: convert integer/float columns (cylinders from float to int), parse dates…
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Hands-on Python for ProgrammersPyCon US 20202020-04-15
Downloads a raw CSV from a GitHub endpoint, parses lines into dictionaries, converts numeric fields, and filters by state; creates a time-series plot with…
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