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Why anti-patterns? Pandas makes a great companion to a database. Aggregate / reduce large datasets (>RAM) efficiently in a DB, then pivot in Pandas, and perfor
by bsg75 12y ago
Why anti-patterns?
Pandas makes a great companion to a database. Aggregate / reduce large datasets (>RAM) efficiently in a DB, then pivot in Pandas, and perform non-SQL-support analyses in Python. Same can be said for R.
iPython is just a shell, a very good one, with options to share work for presentation and reproducibility.
- micro_cam 12y agoBecause they drive memory usage up a ridiculous amount making people think they need big data solutions when they don't. They are great for some things but I think the idea they should always be used is unfortunately prevalent making them anti patterns.
- bsg75 12y ago> the idea they should always be used is unfortunately prevalent making them anti patterns Yes, this is often too true - also to include Hadoop, NoSQL, ...