What Does Apache Arrow Unlock for Analytics? (w/ Wes McKinney)
Episode 38 of the The Analytics Engineering Podcast podcast, hosted by dbt Labs, Inc., titled "What Does Apache Arrow Unlock for Analytics? (w/ Wes McKinney)" was published on January 6, 2023 and runs 47 minutes.
January 6, 2023 ·47m · The Analytics Engineering Podcast
Episode Description
Wes McKinney is the creator of pandas, co-creator of Apache Arrow, and now Co-founder/CTO at Voltron Data.
In this conversation with Tristan and Julia, Wes takes us on a tour of the underlying guts, from hardware to data formats, of the data ecosystem.
What innovations, down to the hardware level, will stack to lead to significantly better performance for analytics workloads in the coming years?
To dig deeper on the Apache Arrow ecosystem, check out replays from their recent conference at https://thedatathread.com.
For full show notes and to read 7+ years of back issues of the podcast's companion newsletter, head to https://roundup.getdbt.com.
The Analytics Engineering Podcast is sponsored by dbt Labs.
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