3min chapter

The Analytics Engineering Podcast cover image

What Does Apache Arrow Unlock for Analytics? (w/ Wes McKinney)

The Analytics Engineering Podcast

CHAPTER

Why Data Work Is Slow?

There's a couple main components to why stuff is slow, like why data work is slow. I think there are two big ones: disk access reading, writing from disk and maybe important in this context is like converting between memory formats. And so let's say that you take the earlier two categories and you like zero them out, they're like gone. You still have to fight with the network, right? And then you're fighting with the laws of physics. So if arrow is taking a big chunk out of this other section of things, is it only a small percentage? It can be a big part.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode