523: Open-Source Analytical Computing (pandas, Apache Arrow)

Wes McKinney joins us to discuss the history and philosophy of pandas and Apache Arrow as well as his continued work in open source tools. In this episode you will learn: History of pandas [7:29] The trends of R and Python [23:33] Python for Data Analysis [25:58] pandas updates and community [30:10] Apache Arrow [41:50] Voltron Data [55:10] Origin of Wes’s project names [1:08:14] Wes’s favorite tools [1:09:46] Audience Q&A [1:15:34] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/523