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(Ankur Jain) I’ve used pandas for years, but as my data grew, my local workflows started to slow down. Joins got sluggish, memory errors showed up, and simple tasks became harder to manage. That’s when I found DuckDB, a fast, in-process SQL engine that brought the speed and flexibility I was missing.
This talk isn’t about replacing pandas. It’s about knowing when to reach for something different. I’ll share how DuckDB helped streamline my workflow, with real examples, side-by-side comparisons, and a quick intro to DuckLake, a SQL-based Lakehouse format that fits naturally into modern Python analytics.
pretalx.com/pycon-au-2025/talk/3JMK73
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Fri Sep 12 10:00:00 2025 at Ballroom 1
(Ankur Jain) I’ve used pandas for years, but as my data grew, my local workflows started to slow down. Joins got sluggish, memory errors showed up, and simple tasks became harder to manage. That’s when I found DuckDB, a fast, in-process SQL engine that brought the speed and flexibility I was missing.
This talk isn’t about replacing pandas. It’s about knowing when to reach for something different. I’ll share how DuckDB helped streamline my workflow, with real examples, side-by-side comparisons, and a quick intro to DuckLake, a SQL-based Lakehouse format that fits naturally into modern Python analytics.
pretalx.com/pycon-au-2025/talk/3JMK73
python, pycon, australia, programming, conference, technical, developers, panel, sessions, libraries, frameworks, community, sysadmins, students, education, data, science
Videos licensed as CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
Licensed as CC BY-NC-SA - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
Fri Sep 12 10:00:00 2025 at Ballroom 1
